1897 NY Polo Grounds artist sketch
Picked these up at the once-monthly Vancouver retro show, just down the street. I apologize for the grainy pics. I used the camera on my phone.
Picked up a large (18 by 13) newspaper insert- New-York Tribune, Illustrated Supplement from Sept 10, 1897 win a color artist's sketch entitlted "At The Polo Grounds - A Base Hit". Nice image of the stands and the a bit of the diamond too. No baseball inside, but there are two large team photos - "The Harvard Football Team and Substitutes" and "The Football Team of the Carlisle Indian School" with a '97 dated ball in front ('97 was two years before "Pop" Warner coached and seven years prior to Jim Thorpe's attendance at the school.
also picked up two vintage gloves...both are quite worn. One is a fat, crescent (is this a true crescent?) with no tags and missing wrist strap. Second is even fatter with a suede? palm. Also no tagging nor strap.
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