Original 1949 Bowman Baseball Window Ad Sheet

It’s incredible that this 1949 Bowman window ad sheet, meant to be stuck inside a window with pre-applied glue, survived intact.

In their May 2000 catalog, Mastro auctions described this 20” x 5-3/4” piece as in near-mint condition with a fold in the center, as manufactured. It features 16 of the set’s 240 “upcoming” cards.

One contributor on the net54 boards said these were displayed in candy store windows in the Philadelphia area in June 1949.

1949 Bowman America Salutes The FBI Wrapper

The 1949 Bowman America Salutes the FBI set is one that I only recently discovered while browsing an auction catalog from November 1998 and ran across a photo of the wax wrapper.

Here’s a photo of the front and back of the first card in the set that I grabbed from PSA’s Gallery.

Isn’t it interesting how closely the back resembles its baseball cousin?