1919 Babe Ruth 4 in 1 Exhibit

[rhettyeakley]

Todd, they may have just used an old photo of the Babe.
-Rhett

[nolemmings]

that's possible, but how hard would it be to change the artwork to read New York? Also, if it was a Universal Toy product, I believe that company was out of New York--at least the '25 sets all featured just New York teams. I think it unlikely they would miss an opportunity to show off one of their local heroes and instead display him in the dreaded Red Sox garb.

[nolemmings]

it appears that Speaker is wearing a 1919 Indians uniform, which would make that the earliest year for the card (the team wore pinstripes on the road the preceding three seasons).

[Batter67up]

That information all makes sense my major concern was with such little information on these cards, I was trying to make sure they were not made in the 30's or 40's showing the stars of the past or something like that. I initially purchased the card because I saw my exact card in Christopher Benjamin's book entitled "Most Valuable Baseball Cards" that was published in 1990. The book states the card is Cir. 1919. After 19 years from the book publication, I was hoping there was more information on the cards. I do know of 1 other card similiar to mine but it has Grover Alexander and I think Rogers Hornsby replacing Walter Johnson and Stan Coveleski that are on my card. I did talk with Robert Lifson from REA and he said the card was original and he had one back in the 70's. I guess I just want to get more documention if it is out there somewhere. Below are the pages from the book I mentioned above.

[Batter67up]

The 1st Card is mine and the second card below is that of another collectors.