In 1939, after several successful non-sports offerings, Gum, Inc. issued their first set of baseball cards, a square black and white issue full of the game's top stars of the day. The collection of 111 cards (only seven dupes) includes a half dozen HOFers, which are individually graded below. Includes: HOFers - six cards w/#3 Ruffing (VG), 7 Doerr (VG/EX), 50 Gehringer (VG), 55 Vaughan (EX), 82 Klein (VG) and 89 Lloyd Waner (EX). OTHERS - 105 cards w/#1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 32 (2), 42, 43 (2), 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 69, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 (2), 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 93, 95, 96, 97 (2), 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105 (2), 107, 109 (2), 110, 111 (2), 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 121, 122, 124, 125, 127, 130, 132, 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140, 142, 145, 146, 148, 149, 152, 156, 157, 158, 159 and 161. Grades MOSTLY VG to EX, with some better and a few lesser.