[whiteymet]

Hi All:

I sent the below to Bob Lemke for his blog, but he tells me he has weaned himself off of the cataloging urge. So I am posting it here in hopes of getting info/feedback/additions to the checklist from all you guys.

I recall as a kid seeing and eventually getting from my local Woolworth's window display a group of large team photos. 12" X 12"

They were in the window, and as I was a confident 8 or 9 year old, I brazenly asked if I could have them when they were done with the display. I was told yes. I waited until they were down and went back for them. I got the run around until my father went in with me and I got them!!

I have seen them over the years and assumed they were just issued by some unknown company. That changed recently when I picked up some of them in an original envelope!! Now I am wondering if they should be classified as a food issue.

It seems they were issued by Kernel -Fresh Nuts which is a division of General Foods!! The envelope I have is from Aug.18, 1955. I do recall my Woolworth's selling loose nuts and candy in the day!

I have 34 different with at least one from each of the 16 teams of the time. I have identified that they were issued with teams from 1954 through 1958 so a possible checklist would be 80 different over 5 years.

HOWEVER, I also have a 1958 Pony League Champs from Miami with the comedian Joe E. Brown in the photo, and a 1958 Little League Champs from Monterey Mexico team photos. I have seen another showing a 1956 Pony League Champ from Joliet, IL.

So far I have identified the below. I have, as mentioned, 34 different and know of 8 others. There are some oddities such as Ralph Branca appears on both the Tigers and Yankees 1954 team photos. Obviously taken at different parts of the season, the 1956 (?) Senators photo has both Oldis and Herzog, but Oldis played on the team 53-55 and Herzog from 56-58, but it appears that the photo was taken in Spring Training thus the appearance of both. Similarly Duren is in the 55 Orioles photo though he did not appear for them in 55. I have also seen a different 55 Reds with a different photo than mine. I assume one is dated wrong due to figuring out the players in the photo.

My current checklist of 42 Different known:

AL;

Yankees 54, 55, 56, 58
Indians 54, 55, 57, 58
Red Sox 54, 58
Senators 56
Tigers 54, 55
Orioles 55, 56, 57
White Sox 55, 56, 57, 58
A's 55

NL:

Braves 58
Giants 54, 55
Phillies 55, 56
Dodgers 54, 55, 56
Cubs 55
Pirates 55, 56, 57, 58
Reds 55, 58, another different photo ID'ed as 1955
Cardinals 55, 56

MISC:

1956 Pony League Joliet , IL.
1958 Pony League Miami, FL
1958 Little League Monterey, Mexico

Any thoughts/additions/corrections/info greatly appreciated. If you have any of these I would like to add them to my collection if you are so inclined to sell or trade them. I do have a few duplicates in the set. Thanks!