Issued in series between 1946 and 1949 by the Sports Exchange Trading Post magazine the entire set consisted of 113 7x10" cards issued in 12 series during the three-year period. Among the first baseball collectibles issued after the close of WWII, these oversized photos served to remind fans of some of the great players of baseball history. Printed in black and white or sepia on thin stock each series were sold for $0.15.

This example features Stan Musial, who broke into baseball in 1941 but missed the 1945 season due to military service. Since national baseball card issues did not resume until 1948 Leaf and Bowman, collectors have begun to hunt a number of non-mainstream issues featuring Musial which were issued before his more conventional "rookie" cards.  This is one of them.  VG/EX condition with some light corner wear and an upper-right corner ding.