Rexall Drugs in the New York in the 50s

[Volod]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

My little hometown in WNY state had a Rexall Drug Store & no, they did not carry 1952 Topps, esp. Hi #'s!

In fact, Hi #'s were never available ANYWHERE in my area of Wellsville, NY.

Fred - I think your recall is pretty accurate. I grew up some distance to the east in Auburn, and never saw the '52 Topps cards in any stores that year. After first seeing them in the hands of a kid who had bought them in NYC, my bud and I went around to a lot of mom&pop and other retail stores looking for Topps cards. I recall that we found some Look N' See and other non-sport issues, but the only baseball cards available were Bowman. Don't know if we hit any Rexall stores, so maybe that was where the motherload was hidden - or, as I tend to believe, Topps' distribution pattern that year was rather strange.