Many collectors are familiar, of course, with the thousands of arcade cards produced by Chicago's Exhibit Supply Company (ESCO) from the early Twenties through the mid Sixties but their Canadian issues are a surprise to many.  A really nice surprise as it turns out.  In 1953 ESCO came out with a two 32 card series that featured a mix of Major League players in one, followed by a hybrid that that primarily showcased players from the Brooklyn Dodgers top farm team, the Montreal Royals, with a few MLB'ers tacked on at the end. Each of the Canadian versions of the 32 first series cards can be found with two different colored tints (green or reddish-purple), with the card number displayed in a small diamond near the lower right corner, above a Made in U.S.A. manufacturing notation; some also state "An Exhibit Card".  These cards are slightly smaller than the ESCO US issues, blank backed with a rougher cardboard than is seen in the states and are definitely an order of magnitude tougher.

Peanuts Lowery (an uncorrected error for Lowrey) looks ready to catch a can of corn on this fine example of a purple (red) tint '53 Canadian Exhibit. A low pop card, with only 3 or 4 graded overall (one PSA is indeterminant tint-wise), this SGC 5 example looks real appetizing. A small blotch on the neck of his uniform and some minor edge chipping are the primary drivers of the grade. The image is quite strong and the reverse is very nice as well.