Topic: What is your most powerful and important memory with baseball cards?

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Originally Posted by ClementeFanOh

Great topic! When I was 12 and my father knew I loved cards, he arranged a meeting between me and one off his co-workers who was an avid card collector. Her name was Carole McCoy, she was in her 50s and collected only Reds players. She let me look through all her albums of Reds, by year and set, including tobacco. I still recall the T206s and my amazement at their age. It fired my imagination and passion for the hobby. My father and Carole McCoy made a big impact on that part of my life, that continues to this day. Trent King

wow trent... this a fantastic story!! i can only imagine being that young and seeing tobacco cards for the first time. its such a profound encounter with history. this is a great memory. thank you a ton for sharing with us! it sounds like it deepened your connection to cards and history in a really profound way.