#1359

In 1951, Topps Chewing Gum, Inc. released its first sets of baseball cards (Topps was LONG considered the king of baseball cards, and in the early 80s did other sets of cards as well (including Return of the Jedi, E.T., Garbage Pail Kids), before the sports card explosion of the mid-late 80s).

There were 104 cards, 52 with red backs, and 52 with blue backs, and were part of a playable game as well as collector's objects.

Rather than gum, they were packed with a caramel candy.

(Info from Topps Baseball Cards, a 35 year history, published in 1985).