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Specs
Year: 1947
Title: Remar Bread Oakland Oaks
Size: 2″ by 3″
Number in Set: 25
Overview
This 1947 oddball was printed on very thin card stock and is made up of 25 black and white cards of the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League.
The cards feature posed photographs on the front, with the player’s name, the Oaks team name followed by the player’s position, and the card number on the bottom right corner. The backs have blue text and have player biographies and an advertisement for the Oakland Oaks radio station. The backs also include a blue loaf of Remar Bread.
Example
Key Cards
Manager Casey Stengel is the only Hall of Famer in this Pacific Coast League set.
Checklist
1 Billy Raimondi
2 Les Scarsella
3 Brooks Holder
4 Charlie Gassaway
5 Mickey Burnett
6 Ralph Buxton
7 Ed Kearse
8 Charles (Casey) Stengel
9 Bud Foster
10 Ambrose (Bo) Palica
11 Tom Hafey
12 Hershel Martin
13 Henry (Cotton) Pippen
14 Floyd Speer
15 Tony Sabol
16 Will Hafey
17 Ray Hamrick
18 Maurice Van Robays
19 Dario Lodigiani
20 Mel Duezabou
21 Damon Hayes
22 Gene Lillard
23 Aldon Wilkie
24 Dewey Soriano
25 Glen Crawford