You have some 1948-49 Topps Magic Photo cards (often confused with the later Hocus Focus issue). The value is in the baseball subset mostly but you describe damage to the cards. Ruth would be maybe a $40-$50 card in "Good" condition, the other HOF'ers somewhat less. The MP cards are pretty easy to come by but wrappers not so much, especially the larger one (penny and nickel packs were sold). Any chance of a wrapper scan being posted?
More details here on my ongoing vintage Topps blog if you want additional background:
http://toppsarchives.blogspot.com/se...Magic%20Photos