Monday Cardboard: A Shirtless Kennedy, I Ain't Bullshittin'
Feliz Cuatro de Julio!
Pieces of cardboard. Small timestamps of whatever was worth putting on a card at that particular time in the world.
Senator John F. Kennedy takes a stroll on the beach near his home in Hyannisport, Massachusetts. The two youngsters are Mr. Kennedy's nephews.
NO. 47 IN A SERIES OF 77 JOHN F. KENNEDY CARDS
So reads the back of the 1964 Topps card - sans noting who the nephews actually are.
In 1963, a company that no one's ever heard of called Rosan produced a set of John F. Kennedy cards, which are some of the favorite cards that I own. Following the assassination of President Kennedy in late 1963, Topps released a near-identical set of JFK cards with the same Rosan design and many of the same images again in 1964. This shirtless Kennedy card is only seen in the 1964 Topps set, not the 1963 Rosan set.
This card might be an RFK Jr rookie depending on who the youngins are, for all I know. …
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