The 1950s Parkhurst cards were all different sizes, but *smaller* than the standard card size I grew up with. 1954-55 Topps cards are *larger* (2.625″ x 3.75″) than the standard (2.5″ x 3.5″) – which is annoying because they're just wide enough to not quite fit into standard penny sleeves (but at least they'll still fit into standard top loaders naked). I think the slightly larger size has made it very difficult to find specimens with sharp edges and corners, too, since they were sticking out of stacks of cards for decades before anyone gave any thought to preserving the quality of cards. (The reason the Parkhurst cards from the 1950s have fared so well is that they fit nicely inside a stack of standard cards or even playing cards.)
Other than that, this is a very nice-looking set, certainly a lot more colorful than the Parkhurst cards released in the first half of the 1950s. Best card? #60 Milt Schmidt.
- Complete (15/15).
- #6 Real Chevrefils
- #7 Bob Armstrong
- #18 Doug Mohns RC
- #19 Leo Labine
- #25 Fern Flaman
- #31 Lorne Ferguson
- #35 Don McKenney RC
- #36 Fleming Mackell
- #37 Jim Henry
- #38 Hal Laycoe
- #47 Cal Gardner
- #48 Ed Sandford
- #49 Bill Quackenbush
- #50 Warren Godfrey
- #60 Milt Schmidt
