Show Your Favorite 1800's Baseball Cabinet Card - 1 to 3 cards

[Leon]

It can be owned or not, I guess. This is my only one. Kind of an outlier in the current collection. You can faintly see "Giants" and "Jos Hall" in the lower part of the photo...It's hard to go wrong with 6 HOF'ers on 1 card.

[Cmount76]

My current favorite. I was fortunate enough to grab this last year from LOTG.

[x2drich2000]

Not really what I collect, but loved this image as soon as I saw it and had to get it. Believed to be Fred Rehse who played a whole 2 games for the Millers in 1888 before disappear into obscurity.

[oldjudge]

This is an imperial cabinet of the 1892 Los Angeles Seraphs. This team was Los Angeles' first entry into the California League and could be considered the pioneer of Los Angeles baseball.

[pencil1974]

Here is my only 1800's cabinet but it's my favorite by default. lol

It's the same image that was used in the 1885 Oct issue of Harpers Weekly

[Baseball Rarities]

I have always liked the N173 Old Judge cabinet cards and Delahanty was my favorite player from the era.

Crazy that he was just a rookie at this point. Have to wonder why anyone would have ordered him in 1888/89.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by pencil1974

Here is my only 1800's cabinet but it's my favorite by default. lol

It's the same image that was used in the 1885 Oct issue of Harpers Weekly

It's also the head shot used of Anson for the N172 Anson in uniform, which was then placed atop the body of the player sitting in front of him, with arms crossed, to finish the card.

I forget who that player is, but Jay can tell us.

[pencil1974]

I have the full Harpers Weekly that lists the name, I’ll look a bit later. They did the same to this cabinet to add McCormick and took out 2 people that is another version of this cabinet. They were not that good of players I guess.

[oldjudge]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

It's also the head shot used of Anson for the N172 Anson in uniform, which was then placed atop the body of the player sitting in front of him, with arms crossed, to finish the card.

I forget who that player is, but Jay can tell us.

Hi Barry! The Old Judge book on page 94 tells us that it was Abner Dalrymple and even highlights the two body sections that were used (on a trade card I got from you probably 20+ years ago). Come to think of it, you were involved in the AIU also.
BTW, correct me if I am wrong but the image we are discussing is a just a photograph, not a cabinet.

[Tay1038]

That’s pretty awesome! Please let me know if you ever decide to part with it

Originally Posted by x2drich2000

Not really what I collect, but loved this image as soon as I saw it and had to get it. Believed to be Fred Rehse who played a whole 2 games for the Millers in 1888 before disappear into obscurity.

[OldOriole]

Always liked this one....

[Jacklitsch]

Stevens

[TheBig6]

Not 1800’s but close.
Saw this Chickering Imperial cabinet in glass case Boston Library.
First World Series 1903 Pittsburg vs Boston
Cy Young & Wagner among others.
Excuse the glass glare.
Nuff sed

[oldjudge]

Here is a very early cabinet (September 18, 1866) from the Brooklyn Excelsiors southern tour's first game against the Washington Nationals. Both teams are pictured, along with Henry Chadwick and National's team president Arthur Gorman (later a senator from Maryland and a member of the Mills Commission). The star of the Excellsiors was Joe Leggett. I have also included images of the back of the cabinet (someone in error changed the original date to 1870), a key to identifying the people, and a second known skinned copy in a scrapbook in the the NYPL collection.

[GaryPassamonte]

Great cabinet, Jay. Very early for the form.

Bruce- You are the king of Chadwick.

[bgar3]

Gary, if that is the case, Jay should figure out a way to get his cabinet with Chadwick in it. That is a great cabinet, Jay.

[TheBig6]

Another great cabinet thread

[bigfanNY]

These are both from Portland Maine. I have a number of relatives that played semi pro ball for Portland Area teams. The team picture is not mine but the Colorized portrait is both from 1891.

[tedzan]

Not 19th Century....but, vey close.

I acquired this gem at the Cooperstown HOF weekend Show in 1992. I was set-up at this Show, and a "walk-in"
brought it to my table. He asked me what it was worth and offered to trade it to me for T206 cards he needed to
complete his set.
I was thrilled to get this piece because of the significance of 1904. I'm sure that most of you know that there was
NO World Series played in the Majors that year. John McGraw (and Brush and Pulliam) refused to play the Boston
(A. L. Champions).


So, here are the 1904 Eastern (International) League Champions.





TED Z

T206 Reference
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[bgar3]

Just to keep the thread going, the 1877 version of Gary’s 1873, extra great, one. This was given to Murnane by Jacob Morse, and one of them corrected the spelling of Murnane.

[h2oya311]

Here's the only two HOF rookie 19th Century Cabinets left in my collection...consigned my remaining team Cabs to REA:

1893-94 Perkins Studio Cabinet - Jennings


1888-89 N173 Old Judge Cabinet - Delahanty


Bruce - always love seeing your collection! Looking forward to seeing your 19th century "stuff" in person again this June!

[bgar3]

Derek, glad to hear you are coming again. Welcome mat is out.
Looking forward to seeing your stuff in REA, and already enjoyed seeing some in LOTG.