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1952 Bowman #212 Solly Hemus
This is one of those blog posts that don't really have a reason for being. I just felt like blogging about one of my cards, and this is the one I picked. Now that I think about it, do any of my blog posts really have any meaning to them? But you're reading this, so here goes nothin'...
Interesting fact: Bowman had the baseball card monopoly back in 1950, since they were the only company making baseball cards that year. But Topps showed up the next year, producing their first cards in 1951, and ended up buying out Bowman in 1956. I think Bowman's last year as an independent company saw them produce their best design (the television set cards).
This is my '52 Bowman #212 Solly Hemus that I acquired in a trade. I wish I could remember who I traded with to get this, because this is a card that's really grown on me since I got it in the mail.
Solly Hemus was a short stop/second baseman for the Cardinals from '49 - '55 and was traded to the Phillies in May of '56 and returned to the Cards in the fall of '58 as a player/manager. In '62 Hemus went to the Mets as a coach for their AAA team.
Mr. Hemus now resides in Texas and is a reliable signer TTM if anyone is interested in sending him something for an autograph.
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Interesting fact: Bowman had the baseball card monopoly back in 1950, since they were the only company making baseball cards that year. But Topps showed up the next year, producing their first cards in 1951, and ended up buying out Bowman in 1956. I think Bowman's last year as an independent company saw them produce their best design (the television set cards).
This is my '52 Bowman #212 Solly Hemus that I acquired in a trade. I wish I could remember who I traded with to get this, because this is a card that's really grown on me since I got it in the mail.
Solly Hemus was a short stop/second baseman for the Cardinals from '49 - '55 and was traded to the Phillies in May of '56 and returned to the Cards in the fall of '58 as a player/manager. In '62 Hemus went to the Mets as a coach for their AAA team.
Mr. Hemus now resides in Texas and is a reliable signer TTM if anyone is interested in sending him something for an autograph.
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