What did Bowman gum look like?

[darkhorse9]

Seems like an abstract question, but...what did the gum that Bowman put in their packs look like?

Was it square or rectangle? I'm assuming it was pink. Did the size/shape change when the size of the cards did? Was 1948-50 different than 1951-53 and 1953-55?

Just curious. Any pictures?

[vintagesportscollector]

No clue what it looked like in the pack, but here's what it looked like after being chewed...

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[Al C.risafulli]

This is a question I can answer.

It looked like this:



Sort of an almost square-looking rectangle in the post-1952 packs.

This is from a pack of 55 Bowmans I bought for $100 back in 1990 or so. They came from a box that had gotten a little bit of water damage. I bought three packs and opened each one, and in all three, the gum had sort of rotted and stuck to the card.

I still have this card, and I haven't removed the gum because its awesome.

-Al

[atx840]

Neat, thanks for sharing Al.

[GoldenAge50s]

55 Bowmans -- Must have come from that roach infested, waterlogged Find by Al Rosen in Tennessee, I think it was.

[ullmandds]

nice al...who was on tv on that one?

[Den*nis O*Brien]

Football....but should be the same for baseball. Like the 1955 Bowman example there was damage to the card. The corn syrup seemed to "Blister" the obverse. I opened this, in a weak moment, about 15-20 years ago. The color has remained the same and it shattered upon opening.