1954 Rodine HOF Premium W/ Babe Ruth

Rodine Baseball Hall of Fame Premium Series 1, compliments of the American Chemical Paint Company. Featrues Lefty Grove, Wee Willie Keeler, George Sisler, Honus Wagner and Babe Ruth. Measure 8 X 10. numerous tape marks on edges and ink swirl.

Rodine was a division of the American Chemical Paint Company that commissioned and issued a set of oversized baseball Hall of Fame postcards. The artist, Jerry Doyle, was an editorial cartoonist in Philadelphia and this was a likely freelance commercial project for the paint maker. The postcards were issued in the mid-1950s and are rare. Only two different postcards have surfaced, one postmarked in 1954, hence the date for the issue. A legend on one of the postcards (#4) states that a large print suitable for framing is available on request. The few prints that have surfaced are all of postcard #1 with Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Lefty Grove, George Sisler and Willie Keeler. Ironically, postcard #1 itself has not been seen.

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