On June 24, 1950, Willie Mays made his debut in white professional baseball with the Trenton Giants at the former slave-trading stronghold of Hagerstown, Maryland. Here's the link to an interesting piece in today's Wash. Post about his debut and his much-later-in-life return to Hagerstown: https://wapo.st/3zkxNyi
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Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo. Also E222 cards of Lipe, Revelle & Ryan.
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