Joe Medwick
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(b. November 24, 1911 - d. March 21, 1975)
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Joe Medwick provided the power to light up the 1930s Cardinals "Gashouse Gang." He led the NL in RBI three consecutive years and in hits twice. In 1937, "Ducky" (a nickname he loathed) batted .374 with 31 homers and 154 RBI to capture the Triple Crown. "Muscles" was a brawler who had a career .324 average, 1,383 RBI, and 540 doubles. In the 1934 World Series against Detroit, his hard slide into third earned him the wrath of the Tiger fans, who pelted him with garbage until Commisioner Landis ordered him from the field for his own safety. |
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Inducted in 1968
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1937 Dixie Lids
Abbotts Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Arrowrock Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Bang's Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie
Lids Bartholomay Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC 40 VG
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1937 Dixie Lids
Borden's Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC 70 EX+
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1937 Dixie Lids
Borden's Ice Cream (Fresno) Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Breyer's Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Breyer's (Good Housekeeping Bureau) Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC
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1937 Dixie Lids Bridgeman-Russell Velvet Chocolate Ice Cream (w/ Dairlyland Vanilla Overprint) Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Chapell Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC 40 VG
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1937 Dixie Lids
Cloverland Chocolate Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Crescent Rainbow Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids DeLuxe Chocolate Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids DeLuxe Orange Sherbet Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids DeLuxe Vanilla Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids "Dixies" Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Fenn's Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Frechtling's Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC 10 POOR
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1937 Dixie Lids
Hendler's Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC 40 VG
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1937 Dixie Lids
Hoffman's Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC 10 POOR
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1937 Dixie Lids
Hood's Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC 30 GOOD
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1937 Dixie Lids
Hostess Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Huber Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC 30 GOOD
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1937 Dixie Lids
Leichtman's Ice Cream Joe Medwick PSA 2 GOOD
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1937 Dixie Lids
Maloof Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Marigold Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Marigold Ice Cream (Vanilla) Joe Medwick PSA 5 EX
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1937 Dixie Lids
Meadow Gold Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC 50 VG/EX
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1937 Dixie Lids
Midwest Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Model Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Philadelphia Dairy Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC 20 FAIR
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1937 Dixie Lids
Reid's Ice Cream Joe Medwick PSA 6 EX-MT
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1937 Dixie Lids
Rob Roy Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Roszell's Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC 50 VG/EX
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1937 Dixie Lids
Schmidt's Ice Cream (Chocolate) Joe Medwick SGC 50 VG/EX
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1937 Dixie Lids
Schwen's Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC 10 POOR
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1937 Dixie Lids
Sharpless Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC 30 GOOD
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1937 Dixie Lids
Sunfreze Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Sunfreze (Vanilla) Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Supplee Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC 30 GOOD
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1937 Dixie Lids
Suwannee Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Teall's Sunny Meadows Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Thompson Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Turnbull's Green Mountain Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Velvet Ice Cream Joe Medwick SGC 60 EX
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1937 Dixie Lids
Wiseman Farms Chocolate Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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1937 Dixie Lids
Yerdon's Ice Cream Joe Medwick
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Comments: This story is one of my
favorites in the collection.The first portrait to occupy this position was a tribute card
- a 1977 Shakey's Pizza card. It was a nice image which I purchased
as part of a lot in July, 2000. I bought some more Shakey's in
November, 2002. In January 2003, I replaced the tribute Medwick
with an issue contemporary to his career - a 1936 World Wide Gum
example. I picked up another copy in July, 2004. One of these
was submitted to PSA and graded VG 3. I already had some other
'36 WWG cards and decided to replace the Medwick with a new type
card.
The 1937 Dixie Lid issue caught my eye and the next leg of the
adventure started. I picked up one in April 2007 and continued
purchasing additional examples when the reverse or back advertisement
was different. I thought it would be fun to have a little subset
to the primary HOF collection by accumulating as many different
Dixie Medwicks as I could possibly find. More than 15 years
into the quest, I'm at 45 different variations. This timeline helps explain
the full progress:
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Chapell |
4/8/2007 |
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Borden's |
9/12/2007 |
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Reid's |
9/26/2007 |
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Meadow Gold |
12/16/2007 |
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Bartholomay |
8/1/2008 |
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Supplee - w/ Tested & Approved by Good Housekeeping Bureau |
3/1/2009 |
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Schmidt's (Chocolate) |
3/13/2009 |
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Marigold (Vanilla) |
10/25/2009 |
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Huber |
11/11/2009 |
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Philadelphia Dairy Products |
12/8/2009 |
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Breyer's - w/ Tested & Approved by Good Housekeeping Bureau |
2/21/2010 |
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Velvet |
3/22/2010 |
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Hoffman's |
4/1/2010 |
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Hoodsie |
4/15/2010 |
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Roszell's |
4/29/2010 |
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Sealtest |
5/30/2010 |
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Hendler's |
4/12/2011 |
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Sharpless |
4/17/2011 |
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Turnbull's |
1/29/2012 |
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Breyer's |
2/12/2012 |
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Wiseman Farms (Chocolate) |
11/10/2012 |
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Sunfreze |
11/27/2012 |
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Model |
2/6/2013 |
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Yerdon's |
3/14/2013 |
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Suwannee |
6/10/2013 |
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Rob Roy - w/ Tested & Approved by Good Housekeeping Bureau |
2/8/2014 |
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Abbott's |
3/22/2014 |
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Bang's |
5/17/2014 |
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Fenn's |
6/3/2014 |
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Maloof |
8/9/2014 |
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Schwen's |
10/6/2014 |
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Bridgeman Russell Velvet (Chocolate) - w/ a Dairyland Sioux Falls, SD (Vanilla) stamp |
11/16/2014 |
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Hostess - w/ STBY stamp (Strawberry?) |
2/18/2015 |
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Leichtman's |
7/14/2016 |
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DeLuxe (Orange Sherbert) |
8/14/2016 |
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DeLuxe (Chocolate) |
8/21/2016 |
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Crescent |
9/08/2018 |
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Cloverland (Chocolate) |
10/05/2018 |
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Borden's Fresno |
12/25/2018 |
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Midwest |
03/01/2019 |
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Marigold |
03/02/2022 |
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Arrowrock |
03/16/2022 |
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DeLuxe (Vanilla) |
01/04/2023 |
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Teall's Sunny Meadows |
01/04/2023 |
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Thompson |
01/10/2023 |
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Dixies |
04/15/2023 |
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Sunfreze Vanilla |
06/29/2024 |
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Card Details Below: |
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Set Name: |
Dixie Lids |
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Description: |
This unnumbered set of Dixie cup ice cream lids was
issued in 1937 and consists of 24 different lids, although only
six picture sports stars - four of whom are baseball stars. The
lids are found in two different sizes, either 2-11/16" in diameter
of 2-5/16" in diameter. The 1937 Dixie Lids were printed in black
or dark red. The lids must have the small tab still intact to command
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Example Postcard of Dixie Cup Company in Easton,
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1937 Dixie Lids Deyo Ice Cream Company Album
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