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Old 03-04-2016, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Leon View Post
"Nineteen collectors turned out, the largest ever for such an affair".

Sounds like the start to some shows trying to get going today. You have to start somewhere. When this board started there were only a few hundred members. Now there are exponentially more. It just takes time and persistence. This was a very early TTS. And as usual I note several names as current Net54baseball members, Fred Mckie, Ed Broder......(hey guys)...

Thanks for posting it, Dave.
Another great find! I've been adding all of these to my archive by the way .

I have seen this gathering at my father's house referenced several times as the "first" convention. One such reference is in the book "The Card" though it says the convention was in 1969:

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