1937 Timaru Milling - A Century of Progress - Joe Louis. It sucks that I can't find the whole photo, only half of it, I've poured over countless photos looking for it and I just can't find it. It was used for the 1937 Timaru Milling and the 1937 Globo Chewing Gum Louis card, very crucial photo.
2014 Panini Golden Age - Mini Smith's Mello Mint - Joe Louis. This card can be a serious thorn in the side to find, it took me years to finally snag one, inserted at a rate of 1:48 packs, it's a difficult card to pull.
2010 Ringside Boxing Round One - Base - Joe Louis. Now folks, this is kind of stuff that fascinates me, out of all the Joe Louis photos available on this planet to choose from to put on this card, they chose a photo of Louis from his fight with Johnny Shkor in 1948. I would love to meet the person who chose this photo for the card, buy them a milkshake and shake their hand, absolutely fascinating.
This is a fascinating Joe Louis card that I ran across recently, it's a custom card, it's called the 2025 The Greatest, Great, & Not So Much - 3D lenticular Joe Louis. It's a card showing a photo of boxer Joe "The Sledgehammer" Lipsey Jr. admiring the famous sculpture of Joe Louis inside Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan in 2024. Really cool card.
Speaking of the press, it's a shame that the press isn't what they used to be, they used to be aggressive and really go after a story, especially if the story involved an President that had done wrong. The press has gone soft, they lost their heart, their guts, because if they had any heart, any guts, they would be protecting our children and muckraking the crap out of our current president, demanding answers every day for the accusations against him in the Epstein files. When we don't protect our children, we have truly failed as human beings. Of course you also have to consider the fact that the president is doing everything in his power to avoid releasing all of those files to the public, defying and violating court orders, you name it. I wonder why that is? Nevertheless, this should be the top story in the headlines every day. I also have to say, it's a shame that a lot of the people on this forum support the current president and stand with him, disgraceful.
1985 Selchow & Righter - Life Magazine Remembers Game Cards - Joe Louis. This set is fascinating, the images on the cards are from past articles in LIFE magazine. LIFE magazine featured a major article and photo spread on Joe Louis in their June 21, 1937 issue, and there was a photo of Louis skipping rope in that article. They used that photo from the article for the 1985 card.
LIFE magazine is iconic, it's a great name for a magazine, the universe is teeming with it. Given the sheer size of the observable universe—housing an estimated 100 to 200 billion galaxies and trillions of stars, the statistical probability of life existing elsewhere is beyond overwhelming, it's a guarantee. Anyway, the iconic photojournalism edition of LIFE magazine debuted on November 23, 1936, under the leadership of publisher Henry Luce. While Luce's publication built it's legendary reputation on vivid picture-based storytelling, the LIFE name itself actually originated much earlier. It was originally founded as a weekly humor and general-interest magazine in 1883, which folded during the Great Depression before Luce purchased the name and re-launched it as a photography-focused periodical.
1945-46 Sellos Educativos - Joe Louis. These cut-outs were printed six at a time on the back pages of the Flechas y Pelayos comic in late 1945 and early 1946, one for each of the six different series. The comics were published by Talleres Offset, San Sebastian. Serie C features Figuras del Deporte (Sports Figures) that includes footballers, bull fighters, cyclists and boxers. I'm not sure what photo of Louis they used for the image on this card, it's probably just an artist's rendition.
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2010 Ringside Boxing Round One - In My Corner - Joe Louis.
1937 Timaru Milling - A Century of Progress - Joe Louis. It sucks that I can't find the whole photo, only half of it, I've poured over countless photos looking for it and I just can't find it. It was used for the 1937 Timaru Milling and the 1937 Globo Chewing Gum Louis card, very crucial photo.
1937 Globo Chewing Gum - Joe Louis.
2014 Panini Golden Age - Mini Smith's Mello Mint - Joe Louis. This card can be a serious thorn in the side to find, it took me years to finally snag one, inserted at a rate of 1:48 packs, it's a difficult card to pull.
2014 Panini Golden Age - Newsmakers - Joe Louis.
2014 Panini Golden Age - Darby Chocolate Pennant Box Topper - Jack Johnson/Joe Louis/Jake LaMotta.
2014 Panini Golden Age - Star Stamps - John L. Sullivan/Jack Johnson/Joe Louis/Joe Frazier.
2010 Sport Kings Gum - Base Retail - Joe Louis, and 2010 Sport Kings Gum - Mini Retail - Joe Louis. Beautiful cards.
2010 Ringside Boxing Round One - Base - Joe Louis. Now folks, this is kind of stuff that fascinates me, out of all the Joe Louis photos available on this planet to choose from to put on this card, they chose a photo of Louis from his fight with Johnny Shkor in 1948. I would love to meet the person who chose this photo for the card, buy them a milkshake and shake their hand, absolutely fascinating.
This is a fascinating Joe Louis card that I ran across recently, it's a custom card, it's called the 2025 The Greatest, Great, & Not So Much - 3D lenticular Joe Louis. It's a card showing a photo of boxer Joe "The Sledgehammer" Lipsey Jr. admiring the famous sculpture of Joe Louis inside Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan in 2024. Really cool card.
Here's a really cool photo of legendary wrestler George "The Animal" Steele admiring the sculpture of Joe Louis .
1979 United Press International - Great Moments In Sports - Joe Louis. Really like this card, you just don't see cards made by the press.
Speaking of the press, it's a shame that the press isn't what they used to be, they used to be aggressive and really go after a story, especially if the story involved an President that had done wrong. The press has gone soft, they lost their heart, their guts, because if they had any heart, any guts, they would be protecting our children and muckraking the crap out of our current president, demanding answers every day for the accusations against him in the Epstein files. When we don't protect our children, we have truly failed as human beings. Of course you also have to consider the fact that the president is doing everything in his power to avoid releasing all of those files to the public, defying and violating court orders, you name it. I wonder why that is? Nevertheless, this should be the top story in the headlines every day. I also have to say, it's a shame that a lot of the people on this forum support the current president and stand with him, disgraceful.
1985 Selchow & Righter - Life Magazine Remembers Game Cards - Joe Louis. This set is fascinating, the images on the cards are from past articles in LIFE magazine. LIFE magazine featured a major article and photo spread on Joe Louis in their June 21, 1937 issue, and there was a photo of Louis skipping rope in that article. They used that photo from the article for the 1985 card.
LIFE magazine is iconic, it's a great name for a magazine, the universe is teeming with it. Given the sheer size of the observable universe—housing an estimated 100 to 200 billion galaxies and trillions of stars, the statistical probability of life existing elsewhere is beyond overwhelming, it's a guarantee. Anyway, the iconic photojournalism edition of LIFE magazine debuted on November 23, 1936, under the leadership of publisher Henry Luce. While Luce's publication built it's legendary reputation on vivid picture-based storytelling, the LIFE name itself actually originated much earlier. It was originally founded as a weekly humor and general-interest magazine in 1883, which folded during the Great Depression before Luce purchased the name and re-launched it as a photography-focused periodical.
1948 Chicles Tabay - Album Deportivo - Joe Louis. There are three Louis' in this set, this is the best one by far.
1945-46 Sellos Educativos - Joe Louis. These cut-outs were printed six at a time on the back pages of the Flechas y Pelayos comic in late 1945 and early 1946, one for each of the six different series. The comics were published by Talleres Offset, San Sebastian. Serie C features Figuras del Deporte (Sports Figures) that includes footballers, bull fighters, cyclists and boxers. I'm not sure what photo of Louis they used for the image on this card, it's probably just an artist's rendition.
2026 Good Life - Boxing Kings - Joe Louis. Another really cool card, I love the 90' Donruss Diamond Kings design.
1955 Fantomen Comics - Masters of the Ring - Joe Louis.
1987 Motto Game Trivia Card - Joe Louis.
2005 Falcon Games - Picture That? - Joe Louis.
1939 African Tobacco - World of Sport - Small - Joe Louis. The small variation of this card is ridiculously difficult to find.