September 1949....first day of school, and my 4th grade classmates and I are in the school yard waiting for the doors to open. On our way to school, we hit our
local candy store and bought out all the Red-White-Blue BOWMAN packs. Much to our excitement, we got the new Hi # series cards. And, one kid yells out.......
"Satchel Paige, I got a Satchel Paige card".
Believe me, to a bunch of 10-year old kids who were avid BaseBall fans, that was a Big, Big deal in 1949.
Opening up 1953 BOWMAN 5-cent packs and getting these beautiful photographic cards of your favorite BB players....it doesn't get any better than this.
And, trust me the BOWMAN bubble gum was the best.
Ahh, such fond memories that last forever.....and, so do these cards.
TED Z