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Personally 1996 was the year of change for me. I married my current wife who was a school teacher from Bangor, Maine and I adopted her four year-old son and she gave birth to my daughter that year. I also bought my first truck and since my missionary brother was home on leave from Japan that year, he, my Dad, my new father-in-law and I literally tore the roof off my house and added a couple more floors to make room for my new family. Here's a picture of my house taken that year. It sits on the side of a mountain overlooking a lake nestled in the middle of 22 acres of woods. The only neighbors I see are deer, groundhogs, raccoons, foxes, chipmunks and squirrels. We have seen a bear, a bobcat and a moose as well as weasels, porcupines, skunks and mink along with a wide variety of birds from bald eagles, herons, hawks and owls to hummingbirds.

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Here are nine cards from my collection that were issued in 1996.

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1996 Canadian Club Autographs #1 Ernie Banks
1996 Donruss Freeze Frame #3 Cal Ripken
1996 Emotion-XL Legion of Boom #2 Barry Bonds

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1996 Finest #G105 Barry Bonds G
1996 Pinnacle Aficionado First Pitch Preview #10 Randy Johnson
1996 Score Dugout Collection Artist's Proofs #A52 Cal Ripken

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1996 Topps Mantle Redemption #1 Mickey Mantle 1951 Bowman (This is from the same insert set as one of the cards I pictured earlier in this thread when I showed you nine 1952 Mantle Reprints. You could fill out the form on the back and send it in for the chance to win an actual 1951 Bowman Mantle card.)
1996 Ultra Call to the Hall Gold Medallion #7 Cal Ripken
1996 Upper Deck Run Producers #RP12 Mark McGwire