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Posted By: barrysloate

I think if you were a kid buying packs in 1949 you might remember simply which ones got to the stores first- Bowman or Leaf. That could really be the determining factor in determining which card is a player's rookie card. If one company released their cards weeks before the other, then that's it. Distribution might vary from city to city but clearly one company beat the other to the marketplace. I'm on vacation right now but I'll see if I can get Ted to tell me which ones he remembers first- he grew up in New Jersey, for what it's worth.