Besides there probably not being a lot of umpire collectors to start with, there aren't really a lot of main-stream umpire cards/items that were produced either. The '55 Bowman cards immediately come to mine. I think some umpires were also included in the 1950-56 Callahan set as well. And having umpires in the HOF, there are HOF plaque postcards that people collect also. There is something like 10 umpires currently inducted into the HOF I think.
As far as pre-war issues are concerned, I know there were umpires on Playball cards from the '40 set. Not sure about the other two years off the top of my head. The earliest, and probably one of the coolest, umpire specific collectibles I'm aware of is from the M101-2 SPorting News Supplements. The 3/31/1910 issue of the Sporting News included a double page supplement fold-out featuring four major league umpires; Wm. Evans, "Silk" O'Loughlin, William Klem, and Wm. Johnson. I believe Evans and Klem are members of the HOF. Anyone know of something even earlier?
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