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02-14-2015, 11:24 PM
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To be a card collector in 1952!
Found this old photo on the internet of what it looked like in 1952.(i think the picture was at a woolworths store) And yes, those are all unopened boxes of 1952 Topps! How cool would it have been to be a baseball card collector back then?
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02-15-2015, 06:21 AM
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I've seen that photo before. I always liked the creepy mannequin hand rising out of the pile grabbing a pack. Maybe they were trying to scare kids into purchasing cards. Would have been cool. If only, if only.
Drew
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02-15-2015, 08:36 AM
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Anyone have access to empty 1952 boxes?
be pretty cool to see someone "recreate" that today. I remember a similar seen of 1975 cards at my local 5&10. Grandma used to buy a bunch of rack packs for me every week!
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02-15-2015, 09:01 AM
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I would love to go back in time with a hundred bucks.
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Always looking to buy Mickey Mantle for my PC. Pm me if you have any base Topps/Bowman between 1951-1969. http://www.collectorfocus.com/collection/MichaelF
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02-15-2015, 09:22 AM
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Love this pic!
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02-18-2015, 06:27 AM
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Funny, but the only thing I remember about those old Woolworth stores was the pressurized tube messaging system they used. Each point of sale on the ground floor had an opening for a small container into which the clerk would insert bills or receipts and send them flying through the tubes overhead to an office upstairs. Impressive stuff to a seven-year-old. That photo is likely from the NY City area - Don't think the store in my old hometown even stocked the '52 cards.
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