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12-06-2007, 07:59 AM
Posted By: <b>jerms</b><p>there are two famous photographs of the new york knickerbockers---the 1848 one where they are wearing straw hats---and the one with them and the excelsiors----does the hall of fame have them or are they in private hands? thanks for any info anyone has.
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12-06-2007, 10:12 AM
Posted By: <b>Jimmy</b><p>I think The book "Smithsonian Baseball" has at least a picture<br /><br /><br />Jimmy
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12-06-2007, 11:03 AM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>One of the board members owns the Knicks dag, and he is identified in the Smithsonian book.<br /><br />The panoramic of the Knicks and Excelsiors may still exist, and I have heard of a family who one but it is not known if it is original or a later printing. The Spalding Collection has a negative of it, suggesting reproductions may have been made.
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12-06-2007, 11:07 AM
Posted By: <b>CarltonHendricks</b><p>Barry, Regarding your reference to the Spalding Collection....Is that a collection owned by the Spalding Company? I've never heard of it.
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12-06-2007, 11:23 AM
Posted By: <b>Joe</b><p>I have one won in the last REA. Said to be 2nd generation, but from around the period.<br /><img src="http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r284/mabjae/Item_9405_1.jpg">
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12-06-2007, 12:41 PM
Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Carlton, the Spalding Collection is owned by the New York Public Library.
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12-06-2007, 01:01 PM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>The Spalding Collection was amassed by Albert Spalding and donated to the New York Public Library after his death in 1919.<br /><br />Carlton- that's a nice photo but I don't think it's period; in other words, it was issued well after 1859. I would venture to say it's 20th century. But I've seen it in person and it has great eye appeal.