Hage's Dairy of Southern California issued three card sets in three
years starting in 1949. According to researcher David Levin, the cards were not included in any of their products, however,
they were issued in boxes of popcorn sold at the concessions stands at
Lane Field Park, home of the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast
League. The first and most rare of the three sets is the 1949 F65-1
Hage's set, consisting of 105 different cards printed on thin stock. The
unnumbered, blank-backed cards have images printed inside a white
border. The half-tone images were printed in one of four color tints:
Black & White, Sepia, Blue, or Green.
San Diego's Al Olsen is the subject
of this example, graded VG 3 by SGC. Olsen has two different cards in the set. One shows the Padre throwing, and this version shows him posing with a smile. Centering is slightly south on the canvas of this blue ink card. Corners and edges are consistent with the grade. A small crease along the left edge and some faint soiling around the perimeter keep this card from grading even higher than it already has. However, the
scarcity of this issue far outweighs any cosmetic flaws on
this example.
SGC has only ever graded 3 total
examples of this 1949 Hage's Dairy card,
with NONE receiving a higher grade than the VG 3 offered here
of San Diego's Al Olsen.