Help Needed Identifying a Card: Stan Musial

[fkw]

never seen it before....

The front Looks similar to the one Musial used for his restaurant in the 1960's, but that one is postcard size and has a caption at bottom of front.

McCurdy's

Rochester based company
Card has to be later that 1962 .......

the Midtown store opened in 1962 from what I just read.

PS the Greece store opened in 1953, and other store was downtown

[toppcat]

A perpetual calendar should solve this mystery.

[fkw]

Dave good point

It is 1964 by the dates of the Saturdays on back.

[Drew6]

Thanks guys, it looks like we are off to a good start. Drew

[Leon]

I can't help a whole lot but it does look like the same pose. Sometimes that can help in identifying a date..

[Jim VB]

McCurdy's was the #2 department store in the Rochester NY area (Sibley, Lindey & Curr was usually considered #1.) McCurdy's opened the Midtown Plaza location, as noted by Frank, in 1962. That Plaza was a big deal in the retail world back then. It was the first, downtown, indoor, mall in the USA. Malls themselves were only 6 years old. At that time retail sales were mostly done in downtown stores, or strip centers. The word "mall" wasn't really used. Hence, "indoor shopping centers."

That string of Saturday dates matches up with a 1964 calendar, so that would be my guess.

[Drew6]

Thank you to Frank, Dave, Leon, & Jim, everyone for the information up to this point. I'm hoping that getting the date 1964 and the information on McCurdy's it self will help me to get this slabbed. By the way, do you think it is possible for this card to make it into the Standard Catalog of Baseball cards?

Drew