Thank you Mr. Kellogg

[Fred]

Twinkies sold in packs with the individual card were like the Cracker Jack cards that preceded them 60 years before. The stains on the cards give'm a little bit of character.

Neat post - it was a fun read. Thank you!

[sb1]

No packs for me. I ate them by the box....

[bmattioli]

Kellogg's and Hostess cards are my youth and still actively collect them..

[ullmandds]

YES!!!! Kellogs and hostess! MY dad worked for ITT...who owned hostess...products were abound. I never even knew there was a rold gold set just like the kelloggs all time greats until adulthood!!

Do they all curl over time???

[Hankphenom]

Somebody only had to eat one box to get this, but thankfully they chose not to cut it out.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Somebody only had to eat one box to get this, but thankfully they chose not to cut it out.

Cool item, Hank. I don't recall ever seeing one of these when I was young. It had to be issued before the end of the 1953 season, because Mickey Vernon won the AL batting title in 1953, and this is not mentioned on the cereal box.

[GeoPoto]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

It had to be issued before the end of the 1953 season, because Mickey Vernon won the AL batting title in 1953, and this is not mentioned on the cereal box.

Interesting to see Nationals used -- except for T55 and T56, baseball cards were very consistent in the use of Senators.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Cool item, Hank. I don't recall ever seeing one of these when I was young. It had to be issued before the end of the 1953 season, because Mickey Vernon won the AL batting title in 1953, and this is not mentioned on the cereal box.

I noticed that, too, Val. I'd guess early 50s up to 1953 before the season was done, but the window is '47-53.

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Somebody only had to eat one box to get this, but thankfully they chose not to cut it out.

Looks like this one is SGC Slabbed? What does the flip say and where did you find it? Pretty Cool!

[darkhorse9]

I've been trying to complete the 1975 Kelloggs set but they all seem to crack worse than any other year. They're impossible to find in nm

Otherwise I have a complete run if Kelloggs 1970-1983, Hostess panels 1975-1979 and Hostess Twinkies 1975-1977

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

Looks like this one is SGC Slabbed? What does the flip say and where did you find it? Pretty Cool!

It's in a frame, not slabbed, and the "flip" is the inside of the cereal box, which is plain cardboard. This was the outside back of the box. I've had it so long I don't remember where I got it.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

YES!!!! Kellogs and hostess! MY dad worked for ITT...who owned hostess...products were abound. I never even knew there was a rold gold set just like the kelloggs all time greats until adulthood!!

Do they all curl over time???

We collected them out of the packages of rold gold pretzels. As I recall you could see who you were getting so it made the set easier to complete. We ate alot of Corn Flakes and Pretzels growing up.