Does anyone remember.....

[Huck]

I managed to land the Berra advertisement. The ad appears in the July 1963 issue of Boy's Life. I believe that July is the only month when the ad ran. I asked sellers of the July issue if the ad was present in the magazine. I asked a seller of the complete 1963 Boy's Life run and the ad was not in any issue. A seller from Maine and Oregon said the ad was not in the issue. The magazine I landed was from NJ. Granted it is a small sample but I think the ad only appeared in major markets. Although the sellers claimed that all pages were intact, the ad could have been removed. I have yet to find any other player besides Berra depicted in the ad.

[bigfanNY]

Acme stores were only in the northeast Pennsylvania Connecticut New Jersey NewYork Delaware Maryland. So makes sense ad was found in NJ Boys Life. So either this was a regional "Acme" issue or the same promotion was sold to other supermarket chains. Given the large player participation maybe it was in other markets.
Great thing about threads like this they come back to life down the road.

[Jay Wolt]

Just saw this thread
I have a bunch of player checks & contracts
Aaron, Killebrew, Maz, F. Robinson, Wilhelm etc...

Here's the Frank Robinson check

[Huck]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

Acme stores were only in the northeast Pennsylvania Connecticut New Jersey NewYork Delaware Maryland. So makes sense ad was found in NJ Boys Life. So either this was a regional "Acme" issue or the same promotion was sold to other supermarket chains. Given the large player participation maybe it was in other markets.
Great thing about threads like this they come back to life down the road.

I did not know the market area of ACME stores.

Thank you.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by biohazard

I managed to land the Berra advertisement. The ad appears in the July 1963 issue of Boy's Life. I believe that July is the only month when the ad ran. I asked sellers of the July issue if the ad was present in the magazine. I asked a seller of the complete 1963 Boy's Life run and the ad was not in any issue. A seller from Maine and Oregon said the ad was not in the issue. The magazine I landed was from NJ. Granted it is a small sample but I think the ad only appeared in major markets. Although the sellers claimed that all pages were intact, the ad could have been removed. I have yet to find any other player besides Berra depicted in the ad.

Could you maybe post bigger pic or scan of the right side, which shows all the players available?

Wow….200 bucks as player compensation. Gerrit Cole made about $65,000 for every out he recorded this season.

[whiteymet]

Here is another ad from West Coast markets offering similar photos with your favorite player. It lists these markets: Mayfair, El Rancho, McKay-Erickson, Campbell, and Grand American.

Strange none of these photos have turned up.

[Huck]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

Here is another ad from West Coast markets offering similar photos with your favorite player. It lists these markets: Mayfair, El Rancho, McKay-Erickson, Campbell, and Grand American.

Strange none of these photos have turned up.

Interesting. Do you know the name of the magazine the ad appeared in? I like the ACME ad better.

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by biohazard

Interesting. Do you know the name of the magazine the ad appeared in? I like the ACME ad better.

Sorry Dean. I don't know where the ad for the West Coast markets came from. I am still doing research on this stuff. I am still looking for the Mahaffey ad I know I saw and maybe have packed away somewhere.

[Huck]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

Sorry Dean. I don't know where the ad for the West Coast markets came from. I am still doing research on this stuff. I am still looking for the Mahaffey ad I know I saw and maybe have packed away somewhere.

I would enjoy seeing the Mahaffey version (or any other version). I hope you find the ad!

[bobw]

Found these two from newspapers

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by Huck

Interesting. Do you know the name of the magazine the ad appeared in? I like the ACME ad better.

I recently pick up the ad that Fred shows. On the reverse is "A Few Words From the Chief." The Chief being the Chief Scout Executive and he's writing about the upcoming Boy Scouts' 11th World Jamboree (it was held in August 1963 in Greece). I'm guessing it's from a Boy Scout Magazine.

[bammerbb]

I'm from the era these ads were from. I never saw any in southeast Iowa. But in the Mayfair ad I did get a kick out of the Green Stamps logo. When I was young, my major chore was pasting the stamps in the booklets to trade in. Mom loved them.

Brian

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by AustinMike

I recently pick up the ad that Fred shows. On the reverse is "A Few Words From the Chief." The Chief being the Chief Scout Executive and he's writing about the upcoming Boy Scouts' 11th World Jamboree (it was held in August 1963 in Greece). I'm guessing it's from a Boy Scout Magazine.

Hey Mike:

Just found another Picture Pal ad with a different Mantle photo! At least the kid is different.

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

Hey Mike:

Just found another Picture Pal ad with a different Mantle photo! At least the kid is different.

Man, not another one!??! Do you know what magazine this is from?

I did some surfing on the nets and found the other Mantle ad is in the July 1963 issue of Boy's Life. Unfortunately, Boy's Life had an eastern and a western edition. The copy I found in Google Books has the ad with Berra and no indication of what edition it is. The flip side is exactly the same as the flip on the Mantle ad. So buying an issue only gives you a 50% chance of getting the Mantle ad. I did order a western edition (it was mailed to a Texas address and I'm assuming that is considered western). I'll report back whether that is the Mantle or Berra version of the ad.

[egri]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Wow….200 bucks as player compensation. Gerrit Cole made about $65,000 for every out he recorded this season.

He made about $6 million for every out he recorded this postseason.

[Huck]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Could you maybe post bigger pic or scan of the right side, which shows all the players available?

Wow….200 bucks as player compensation. Gerrit Cole made about $65,000 for every out he recorded this season.

Sure!

[Huck]

Trying again.

[ooo-ribay]

So many players participated yet I've never seen one of these things...

[Huck]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

So many players participated yet I've never seen one of these things...

Agreed. One, we don't know how many kids sent their picture in. Two, it is a personal photo, which likely was tacked on a wall. Three, just an easy item for parents to toss along with the baseball cards.