February 15, 2016

Happy Presidents' Day: 1967 Topps Who Am I?

Let's celebrate Presidents' Day with one of the weirdest little sets from the Topps sixties: 1967's Who Am I? Released as a 44-card set, the first of two incarnations of the set featured its subjects under a scratch-off layer, like a lottery scratch ticket. The subject's name is printed on the card below the scratch-off question layer. (The second incarnation was 42 cards and did not feature the scratch-off layer.)

I'm not sure how I found out about this set, but I love it and have been trying to finish the set for a long time (only recently did I finally complete it). The fright wigs, the buck teeth, the cigars and clown makeup, the Hippie clothing, the sunglasses—it's all too much to pass up.

Much like Topps's earlier nonsports sets featuring famous figures from history, many of its subjects are U.S. presidents (13, to be exact), not to mention three first ladies. It also sprinkles in a few famous baseball players, including Sandy Koufax, one year after his retirement. So now, for your scrolling pleasure, sit back and enjoy the garish costumed wonder that is 1967 Topps Who Am I?

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #1 - George Washington

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #2 - Andrew Jackson

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #3 - James Monroe

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #4 - Joan of Arc

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #5 - Nero

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #6 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #7 - King Henry VIII

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #8 - William Shakespeare

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #9 - Clara Barton

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #10 - Napoleon Bonaparte

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #11 - Harry Truman

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #12 - Babe Ruth


1967 Topps Who Am I? - #13 - Thomas Jefferson

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #14 - Dollie Madison

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #15 - Julius Caesar

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #16 - Robert Louis Stevenson

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #17 - Woodrow Wilson

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #18 - Stonewall Jackson

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #19 - Charles De Gaulle

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #20 - John Quincy Adams

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #21 - Christopher Columbus

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #22 - Mickey Mantle

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #23 - Albert Einstein

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #24 - Benjamin Franklin

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #25 - Abraham Lincoln

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #26 - Leif Ericsson

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #27 - Admiral Richard Byrd

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #28 - Capt. Kidd

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #29 - Thomas Edison

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #30 - Ulysses S. Grant

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #31 - Queen Elizabeth II

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #32 - Alexander Graham Bell
1967 Topps Who Am I? - #33 - Willie Mays

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #34 - Teddy Roosevelt
1967 Topps Who Am I? - #35 - Genghis Khan

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #36 - Daniel Boone

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #37 - Winston Churchill

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #38 - Paul Revere

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #39 - Florence Nightengale

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #40 - Dwight D. Eisenhower

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #41 - Sandy Koufax
1967 Topps Who Am I? - #42 - Jacqueline Kennedy

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #43 - Lady Bird Johnson

1967 Topps Who Am I? - #44 - Lyndon B. Johnson


















2 comments:

Hackenbush said...

So weird, their cool. They look like something a bored kid in school might do.

FAMDaddy2LivindaLife said...

Simply fascinating!