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Old 07-06-2013, 08:27 PM
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I think it's called a penny dreadful. There was an ebay book seller who had a very similar one for sale about a year ago. It was part of a lot that included an 1895 Boston latin school team photo. From what I recall, there were 2 of them being offered with the lot and at least 1 had a similar poem. One of the images looked like the Peck and Snyder caricature.
Found it...here are the 2 penny dreadfuls that I referenced in my previous post. I do not own them. Interesting to see who I assume is the 19th century baseball board game manufacturer "McLoughlin Bros" at the bottom of each poem.
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