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Originally Posted by Lucas00
No doubt wearing a zipper uniform on the card. According to several uniform Databases, zippers weren't worn in 1947. But a few photos I've found from 47 look like zippers while many look like buttons. So I'm really not sure.
I also think the wording would likely be different if it was from 1947. It reads as "Brach Rickey signed Jackie to the dodgers in early 1947". You would think they wouldn't use a year in the past tense if it was from the same year, they would "just say early/earlier this year".
My two cents. But I think the key lyes with proper uniform research.
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Given that we have a newspaper entry from 1947 that uses the exact same language and shows the same uniform, it seems clear the cards were at least ready for printing in that year, and it is not a stretch they would have been issued around the time of the Dodgers' World series appearance that season.
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