2.5x3.25" printed on thin paper. These were originally issued as 5.5x8" sheets w/four cards per sheet that were meant to be hand cut and mounted in a corresponding album. These sheets were actual pages from the Cuban "Sports Almanac" magazine titled "Almanaque Deportivo." There are 160 cards in the set. Set features former and future Major Leaguers along w/Negro League and Caribbean stars.

Hank Thompson began his professional baseball career with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League, starring for a team that also included trailblazers, Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige. Subsequently, Thompson would follow Jackie's MLB path, signing with the Cleveland Indians and making his MLB debut in 1947. Hank would experience his greatest MLB success beginning in 1949 with the New York Giants as a third baseman and outfielder.  

Richard Merkin Collection.