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Originally Posted by toppcat
Going from very old memory at this point, I grew up in Central Nassau County on Long Island, about 30 miles from NYC. By the end of summer starting in 1970, I believe I bought the majority of my high number wax packs from the Colonial Maid ice cream truck each year. I never had an issue getting high numbers and 1970 is the first year I really bought cards as a kid. Colonial Maid had the goods back then, especially candy and gum items. I bought hundreds of 1973 Wacky Packages from our neighborhood's truck as well.
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I feel like I could've written this post word for word!
Ralph the ice-cream man knew to stop directly in front of my house, and he was always a reliable source of cards (low, high, and Wacky)...