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C.A.: 2017 Topps Allen and Ginter U.S. National Park Service

(I know I'm late, but Happy Labor Day. Once upon a time, this day was known as "the end of the summer." That was before high school athletes started playing games a week and a half before school started. Summer is getting shorter and shorter. Welcome to Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 262nd in a series): This seems like an appropriate card to show on one of the busiest days of the year for U.S. national parks. It is kind of an odd card, even odd for Allen & Ginter. A&G is known for featuring objects on its cards, but this isn't even that. It's a card representing an organization, a government agency. I don't recall if this is the first time A&G has devoted a card in its base set to an organization. I'm guessing there is at least one other instance. I'm not sure how I feel about this as a trend. It could get messy. But parks? Who has a problem with parks? Yay, parks! I loved going to Greenwood Park when I was a kid. We weren...