Thank you Mr. Kellogg

[swabie2424]

Count me in as part of the Kellogg's and Hostess card craze back then. My parents were definitely aware of the fun and willing participants trying to help me build sets and get the Yankees I wanted. We ate a lot of sugary cereals and snacks those summers. Luckily, I had a bunch of non-collecting siblings who helped plow through all those treats at lightning speed!

Last year, pre-COVID thank goodness, my mother had back surgery, and I returned to the house I grew up in to visit and help care for her for a week. As she was a bit wiped out and slept a lot, I spent time digging through my folks' basement and lo and behold found a few 5000 count boxes of vintage commons and minor stars (woo-hoo!) and all my Kellogg's and Hostess! Sadly, it appears I convinced my folks to let me hand cut most of the Hostess myself, and they're not in the best shape... but to me they're gold! lol

Now, next time I'm home I need to box them up and flat rate them across the country to my house!

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by swabie2424

Count me in as part of the Kellogg's and Hostess card craze back then. My parents were definitely aware of the fun and willing participants trying to help me build sets and get the Yankees I wanted. We ate a lot of sugary cereals and snacks those summers. Luckily, I had a bunch of non-collecting siblings who helped plow through all those treats at lightning speed!

Last year, pre-COVID thank goodness, my mother had back surgery, and I returned to the house I grew up in to visit and help care for her for a week. As she was a bit wiped out and slept a lot, I spent time digging through my folks' basement and lo and behold found a few 5000 count boxes of vintage commons and minor stars (woo-hoo!) and all my Kellogg's and Hostess! Sadly, it appears I convinced my folks to let me hand cut most of the Hostess myself, and they're not in the best shape... but to me they're gold! lol

Now, next time I'm home I need to box them up and flat rate them across the country to my house!

What a fun thread, the kind of collecting stories we need more of here.

[sayhey24]

The two Mays boxes are from my childhood — the others were picked up along the way.
For a couple of summers we went through a lot of Corn Flakes in my house.
Greg

[Troy Kirk]

Occasionally, a box of cereal was missing the card. Since I had to eat the cereal for a week to get each card, that could get a kid pretty mad. There was a remedy, though.

[Casey2296]

That's a great letter.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Our sugar rush baseball card fix came from Drakes Cakes. Was bummed when they started printing them on the boxes, took all the fun out of it.

[Hankphenom]

Non-sports, but very cool, from 1947!