Card Number 18, Gerry Coleman, 2nd Base, New York Yankees, from the Topps Red/ Blue Backs series (R414-5) issued by Topps Chewing Gum Company

Publisher Issued by Topps Chewing Gum Company American

1951

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Trade cards from the "Topps Red/ Blue Backs" series (R414-5), issued in 1951 by Topps Gum Company. The series was released in two sets of 52 cards each. The card versos of the first set, called the "Red Backs," display a baseball graphic in red ink. The card versos of the second set, the "Blue Backs," repeats the same graphic printed in blue ink. This card is from the numbered "Red Backs" set.

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Title: Card Number 18, Gerry Coleman, 2nd Base, New York Yankees, from the Topps Red/ Blue Backs series (R414-5) issued by Topps Chewing Gum Company
Publisher: Issued by Topps Chewing Gum Company (American, Brooklyn)
Date: 1951
Medium: Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 5/8 × 2 1/16 in. (6.7 × 5.2 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Object Number: Burdick 328, R414-5.19
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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