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Originally Posted by parkplace33
Val, forgot to mention, great looking example. I am not familiar with the backstory, how did you obtain it?
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Drew, I acquired this Morehouse card of WaJo roughly 25-30 years ago. This was before I began keeping detailed records of when and where I picked up key cards, but I'm fairly certain it would have been at a card show in the DC area.
There is a very, very long time collector in the DC area whom I have known for 25-30+ years. He began collecting pre-War cards sometime around the late 1970's, I believe. Sadly (for him), he was (and still is) constantly churning his collection, often via trades with local dealers. In 2013, he gave me a hand-written list of the incredible WaJo, Ruth, Cobb, Wagner, etc. cards he once owned, and the Morehouse WaJo is on this list (along with other WaJos such as Boston Garter, T204, Texas Tommy, Vassar Sweater, Ware's Basemant, Indianapolis Brewing, Oakland Tribune, T215-2 Red Cross, Baseball Bats, Holland Creameries, etc.). I acquired some of these other WaJo cards at local card shows after this collector had traded them away.