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Posted By: Corey R. Shanus

The Jordan & Co.s "cards" in my view are not baseball cards because they (i) were issued as tickets for a championship cricket match (as such I regard them as tickets) and (ii) depict players in cricket attire (so if cards would be cricket cards). With that said, they nonetheless are great items, just not baseball cards. Images of the c. 1863 P&S Creighton and the 1860/1861 Brooklyn Atlantics CDV can be found in Stephen Wong's book "Smithsonian Baseball". The Creighton image can also be found in Mark Rucker's book on CDVs. I would post them if I could, but I am one of the more technologically inept members of this Board.

To respond to the question of the date of the card, it was issued after Creighton's death (which was in 1862). The verso of the card is a tribute to Creighton and leaves no doubt he had died. The 1863 year of issuance is not represented as being exact, just a best approximation from people knowledgeable about Peck & Synders who have seen the card.