Led by George Kennedy, it primarily produced hand-size picture cards mainly for ice hockey, but also for baseball, Canadian football, wrestling and other subjects.
[2] Upper Deck has been releasing ice hockey cards with the brand Parkhurst since then, having started in June 2006.
[2] Over a 13-year period from 1951-52 to 1963-64, Parkhurst Products made 12 popular hockey card sets, primarily targeted towards kids.
In 1955-56, the Parkies hockey series featured only the two Canadian teams the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs.
Starting in 1957-58, Parkies competed with O-Pee-Chee hockey cards produced in conjunction with Topps Chewing Gum.
The O-Pee-Chee/Topps series was now left with just three American teams (although for two years it included cards and stamps of retired All-Time Greats).
As a last resort to bring the historic brand back, he licensed Parkhurst to Pro Set, Inc., a Dallas-based hockey card manufacturer.
Once again, all Original Six teams were featured in the set and each pack contained a "wheel", akin to the Shirriff pieces issued around this time.
One other set released in 1994–95 was the Parkhurst SE series (Special Edition), intended for distribution in Europe but equally available in North America.
Some of the highlights from the 1995–96 Parkhurst set can be found in Series II, including the first card of Wayne Gretzky in a St. Louis Blues uniform.
Although the controversy of this card was that Wayne Gretzky's face was superimposed over previous captain Shayne Corson's body, it was not correct.
On the back of the card is a picture of Kevin Stevens and Wayne Gretzky wearing the Los Angeles Kings' third jersey.
For the 50th anniversary of the initial set, the Parkhurst brand was relaunched by Dr Price's new venture In The Game.
Not to be forgotten, this set also features Stanley Cup Hero Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes (card number 614).
The set included a wide variety of autographs, from Hall of Fame honoured members such as Patrick Roy to cult favourites like Bobby Smith.