ABCs of Vintage Football Cards

otwcards

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What are these Mexicans of which you speak? They sound quite intriguing.

nearmint

Two letters to go!

X is for X's and O's





I've been adding an article a day to my blog, so if you're enjoying these...

...start at the top.

nearmint

This week's edition: Y is for Yale

Davemri

Awesome work. Always a great read.

H for Hall of Famers is my favorite!

Whats on the agenda after you finish the ABC's? Any new projects coming up? How bout a story on matchbooks?


Dave

nearmint

Thanks, Dave. I don't know much about matchbooks, so that might be a challenge for me. (That's not to say that being ignorant of a topic necessarily keeps me from writing about it.) I do plan to go back and hit a few topics I missed in the ABCs, such as "C is also for Coaches" and "L is also for Logos." Beyond that, I have a couple of ideas for other series, but I'm not sure which one I'll do yet.

nearmint

Finito!

Z is for Zebras

Thanks for the suggestions above--I'm not sure I would have thought of this topic.

nearmint

Hi all,

I have no more ABCs to offer, but I've been continuing to add sets to my football card gallery. Recently I added 1974 Parker Brothers cards, 1948 Kellogg's Pep cards, 1894 Mayo cards, 1961 Fleer Wallet Pictures, and 1973 Nebraska Playing Cards. When I add a set, I usually write a little blog article about it. Here's a link to the blog articles, along with some sample cards from those sets:

New sets in the Vintage Football Card Gallery


1974 Parker Brothers




1948 Kellogg's Pep




1894 Mayo Cut Plug




1961 Fleer Wallet Pictures




1973 Nebraska Playing Cards

kidzfund

Question on the 1967 Philly set - I just got back a PSA-7 Dan Reeves in Red Letters. I didn't know there was a variation. There's no seperate listing in the pop report, I didn't see anything on the nearmint.com site and I didn't find any red letter cards on ebay. Anybody have any information about this?

Thanks,
Joe

nearmint

That's a new one to me, Joe. How about posting a scan? Here's a black-lettered one, for comparison. I would think red-on-pink would be hard to read.



I just noticed that Reeves's 1968 Topps card has red letters. Your card isn't mislabeled, is it?

kidzfund

Nevermind - that's what happens when I rely on my memory instead of having the cards in front of me when I type. Sheesh....

Joe

nearmint

Hi gang, here's the latest in my gallery. I spent all afternoon on the silly thing, so I hope you like it:

Interactive 1961 Topps Packers team card