Program from the first Philly show, 1975

[trdcrdkid]

I know a lot of Net54ers have been to the Philly show over the years, so I thought people might like to see this program from the very first Philly show in 1975. One day, from 10 am to 5 pm, at Spring Garden College. I'm not sure if any of the people in the dealer list are members of this board other than Rob Lifson, who rarely posts.

[ValKehl]

David, as many others have already said, I, too, am most appreciative of all the hobby history you have posted on Net54.

Re the list of dealers at the 1975 Philly Show, folks may be interested to learn that Don Ortolani of Sterling Park, VA, still sets up at virtually all of the Chantilly, VA, Shows, the next one of which is July 14 - 16. I encourage anyone attending the Chantilly Show to stop by Don's tables and say hello - I'm sure Don will be tickled if you mention that you saw his name listed on the program for the 1975 Philly Show.

[trdcrdkid]

I don't know Don Ortolani, but I have a lot of his old hobby publications from that era, mainly Ballcard Collector and The Trader Speaks.

Also, I just noticed that the acknowledgements include Terry Gross of WUHY Radio. That's the same Terry Gross who has done the "Fresh Air" program for NPR for many years, and she had just started the local version of it in Philadelphia that year. I wonder if she had had a baseball card collector on her show to promote the convention.

[Goodsport40]

Very nice program.

The drawings are awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[Bobsbats]

Irv Lerner was an old time collector who owned a card store in Willow Grove PA. He was a nice guy who has since passed on, and had some great old Connie Mack relics, an old turnstile that I should have bought looking back on it.

[glynparson]

I have tickets to the second third and fourth shows. They are pretty neat little items.

[aconte]

Originally Posted by Bobsbats

Irv Lerner was an old time collector who owned a card store in Willow Grove PA. He was a nice guy who has since passed on, and had some great old Connie Mack relics, an old turnstile that I should have bought looking back on it.

Was he the Baseball Card Man and his store had a Connie Mack sign?
Also, big smoker too?