When Marty McFly raced a hoverboard through the streets of Hill Valley, baseball cards looked like this:
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Going back in time . . . to 1955
Got my third and final '55 from the Sports Card Tour checklist, this time from The Collector himself, featuring a New York Giant from Brooklyn, Bob Lennon.
This inspired me to do a little homage to something Night Owl does every year:
When Marty McFly raced a hoverboard through the streets of Hill Valley, baseball cards looked like this:
When Doc Brown perfected his time machine with plutonium and tested it at the Twin Pines Mall, baseball cards looked like this:
When George McFly punched out Biff Tannen and kissed Lorraine Baines at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance, baseball cards looked like this:
When Seamus McFly met a mysterious stranger named "Clint Eastwood", baseball cards looked like this:
(It's a playing card from 1884. The first modern baseball cards as we know them came out in 1887.)
When Marty McFly raced a hoverboard through the streets of Hill Valley, baseball cards looked like this:
Ha, very cool.
ReplyDeleteThis was awesome. The Back to The Future trilogy is one of my all-time faves. I'm glad the Lennon arrived safe & sound.. I must have missed your earlier post about the '55s from Gavin.
ReplyDeleteCool post. I like using cards to represent periods of time. Makes it easier to put things into perspective.
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