Regionals/Food Issues

[lutherlafy]

1952 Globe Printing cards:
I believe these are the only know copies of these cards in the Globe Printing Minor League sets.
Hershel Martin Bartlesville/Pittsburgh Pirates (in Oklahoma)
Al Reitz....manager of the Blackwell Broncos (in Oklahoma)
Clyde Girrens.....catcher for the Ponca City Dodgers (in Oklahoma)

[lutherlafy]

Here is another 1952 Globe Printing card that I believe
is the only copy in existence.
Fred "Rip" Collins....Independence Browns

[the 'stache]

Some really amazing stuff here, guys!

Love those Globes!

[David W]

Originally Posted by lutherlafy

1952 Globe Printing cards:
I believe these are the only know copies of these cards in the Globe Printing Minor League sets.
Hershel Martin Bartlesville/Pittsburgh Pirates (in Oklahoma)
Al Reitz....manager of the Blackwell Broncos (in Oklahoma)
Clyde Girrens.....catcher for the Ponca City Dodgers (in Oklahoma)

My great aunt used to be a writer for the Ponca City newspaper, which isn't saying much, the only time I was in Ponca City in the early 70's, it was pretty small.


Hard to believe they had a minor league baseball team.

[brian1961]

Marc---

Thanks for displaying your Felin's Franks and Lummis Peanut Butter.

Got a couple questions for you. I understand the Felin's Franks Phillies were never actually issued. Please correct me if I'm mistaken. Do you know the story of how they were introduced to the hobby? Interesting and beautiful set.

Second, I have read that Lummis was a very popular peanut butter in the Philadelphia area, where it was produced. Would you know and be willing to share with us just how the cards were issued? Lummis Peanut Butter came in jars, but the cards were 3.5 X 4.25 inches in size. That has puzzled me for years. I know owning some cards doesn't automatically mean you know the history, but just in case you've rubbed elbows with a Philly veteran kid collector.

Whether or not you choose to respond, I appreciated your sharing the images. --Brian Powell

[philliesphan]

Brian-

Thanks for the note.

I don't have good information on how the Felin's were introduced to the hobby. I think Rob Lifson might have some information there -- I believe they were found in the early-to-mid 1980s, and I was too young then to be well integrated into the hobby scene. I simply don't know. Very few examples seem to trade, with most secured in long-term collections.

With regards to the Lummis Peanut Butter cards, I don't know there, either. I haven't heard any valid theories. There was a bit find of the Sealtest sticker cards in the 1980s as well. However, the Lummis have always been scarce, with my knowledge of even veteran dealers at most having handled a dozen or two over the past three decades. I've heard a story that they were affixed by glue or otherwise to the outside of the jars, but I believe that was more of a working theory than anything. Suffice it to say, I think the Peanut Butter was popular at the time, and I do not think many of the cards survived, which suggests perhaps it was not a broadly distributed set.

At least with the Felin's, there are some contemporaneous advertising in period publications that suggest the cards were intended to be issued.

m

[quitcrab]

1977 English's Chicken lid

[Mark70Z]

Love the chicken lid. We know you have a lot more regional/food issues so go ahead and post em.

[brian1961]

Marc---

I'm certain you are correct that the Felin's came into the hobby in the 80's. Rob Lifson may very well have discussed that in one of his then-yearly auction catalog. He is usually wise to try to include that type of hobby provenance and history in his listings. Of a certainty the cards were intended to be released. Obviously, they were produced by Milprint of Wisconsin, the same firm that did the baseball trading card promotions for Glendale, Stahl-Meyer, Briggs, Hunter Wieners, and the Peter's Meats 1961 Minnesota Twins. Also, the three-year run of Johnston Cookies Milwaukee Braves.

At this point in time, we only have the best that conjecture can offer, as to why Felin's never followed through with their Phillies trading card promotion.

As for Lummis, "I know KNOT-TING", as dear Sgt. Schultz from Hogan's Heroes would say. Except, an interesting observation given to me at one of the early major shows I attended in about 1973. I believe it was at the big one in Detroit. One of the prime dealers I loved to purchase cards from was Philadelphia resident Irv Lerner. At that time, Irv Lerner was first and foremost a collector. Among the major items on his advanced, high-powered radar were Lummis Peanut Butter cards. He told me that even in a massive convention as this one in Detroit, he seriously doubted he would encounter a Lummis anywhere in that large room. As a teen who appreciated fine postwar regional issues, that left a lasting impression on me. Whether or not he wound up getting one for his substantial collection that weekend, he never said anything, so I imagine his Lummis hunting efforts came up empty.

While I never was fortunate enough to get a Lummis card, I view them with an utmost admiration. Also, I lament no one in the adult hobby back then sought to write meaningfully about them, but then you'd have to find a former youngster who avidly collected them in 1949 to interview. Such a person might be tougher to locate than an actual Lummis card! It was probably a low-key one shot promotion to boost sales of a peanut butter that already was enjoying robust sales. Besides, the backside of your Lummis cards does not even mention the card promotion; rather, the main promotion in the company's eyes---how to win free tickets to a Philadelphia Phillies game.

Best regards, Marc. Must go. ---Brian Powell

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by philliesphan

Brian-

Thanks for the note.

I don't have good information on how the Felin's were introduced to the hobby. I think Rob Lifson might have some information there -- I believe they were found in the early-to-mid 1980s, and I was too young then to be well integrated into the hobby scene. I simply don't know. Very few examples seem to trade, with most secured in long-term collections.

With regards to the Lummis Peanut Butter cards, I don't know there, either. I haven't heard any valid theories. There was a bit find of the Sealtest sticker cards in the 1980s as well. However, the Lummis have always been scarce, with my knowledge of even veteran dealers at most having handled a dozen or two over the past three decades. I've heard a story that they were affixed by glue or otherwise to the outside of the jars, but I believe that was more of a working theory than anything. Suffice it to say, I think the Peanut Butter was popular at the time, and I do not think many of the cards survived, which suggests perhaps it was not a broadly distributed set.

At least with the Felin's, there are some contemporaneous advertising in period publications that suggest the cards were intended to be issued.

m

Hi Guys:

A collecting friend of mine tells me he has vivid recollections of getting his Lummis cards at the movie theater as a kid. Sort of a promotion/premium I guess.

You can check out this thread for a couple of shots of ads for the Felins I posted awhile back:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=198672

Fred