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Joe D.1903: NY Giants appear on a Real Photo Postcard
(earliest known example of a major league team appearing on a postcard)
"This postcard is the earliest known to show a major league team. The players were photographed on the staircase of New York's famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Baseball had an image problem in the early years, as many of the players were hard-drinking rowdies. Associating the Giants with the grand Waldorf Astoria, one of the world's finest hotels, was probably an attempt to bring the club more respectability."
---Tuff Stuff's Baseball Postcard Collection - by Ron Menchine