Hey Doug, nice! I have that Maple Leaf woodcut.

And I have this one, which you also posted. Here's a bigger shot of it.

International Base-Ball The Boston Champions Harper's Weekly June 27, 1874. There were some ballplayers on that team, George Wright, Harry Wright, A G Spalding, James O'Rourke, Cal McVey, Ross Barnes... 9 1/2" x 14".

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...&pictureid=258

I love these woodcuts. Thanx for the larger picture, Frank.

I don't have anymore that are scanned until 1869.

Doug

With apologies to anyone who has 1873, 1872, 1871, or 1870...
(please still post 'em if you have 'em)...

1869

The Picked Nine of the "Red Stocking" Base-Ball Club, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Harper's Weekly, July 3, 1869.

Sorry Doug, just had to beat you to this one. And with this one I'm done.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...&pictureid=226

Dick Hurley - George Wright - Doug Allison - Cal McVey - Andy Leonard
Charlie Sweasy - Fred Waterman - Harry Wright - Asa Brainard - Charlie Gould


I'm a Cardinals fan. But I think that major league baseball pissed away part of their tradition when they abandoned Opening Day at Cincinnati. That is where the first game should be every season. Tradition can't be bought, it is a product of doing something correctly for a significant period of time. Baseball had that, and pissed it away.

Was waiting for someone to post a Peck and Snyder, but the above woodcut is way cool also! While maybe not a baseball image (maybe?), let's step back to 1864, shall we:

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...g?t=1242022778

1869 Harper's Weekly
 

Hey guys stop the time machine....we cannot bypass 1869 without displaying this neat hand-tinted woodcut of Harry Wright's "Big Bat".



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TED Z

Nice one, Ted. And you too, Frank.

Here's 1868, sort of, cricket anyone?

From Harpers's October 3, 1868 - it's the All-England Eleven

1870.

Harpers - October 26, 1867 - Champion Nine - Union Club - Morrisania NY

1867 deserves two posts

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/216/5...8698ed.jpg?v=0

Love the "B". :D

Doug, Max, 1867 is Way Back!! Impressive.

I think we're close to done. But I'd love to see this pushed back a few more years.

Here is a half plate ambrotype which was speculated to date back to around 1861-63. I have not been able to identify the team or any of the players yet.

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That ambrotype is very impressive. I've never seen that image before.
CdV circa 1863.

Harper's November 3, 1866

The top team is The "Athletics" of Philadelphia

The bottom team is The "Atlantics" of Brooklyn

Harper's November 25, 1865

Champion Nine of the Atlantic Base-Ball Club of Brooklyn

The nine, in the order pictured, are :

John Galvin - Dickey Pearce - Fred Crane
Charles Smith - Frank Norton - Joe Start
John Chapman - Tom Pratt - Sid Smith

Harper's November 18, 1865

Base-Ball match between the "Athletics" of Philadelphia, PA and the "Atlantics" of Brooklyn, NY played at Philadelphia

Here's my last entry in a thread that has been, at least for me, quite entertaining. Thank you Dennis for starting it.

From March 23, 1861 a certain Captain A. Doubleday, who probably doesn't deserve to be included on this thread, is pictured at the bottom left.

Anything that I have scanned that is older than this isn't baseball, it's cricket.

Doug

PS - To Rman444, that half plate ambrotype is pretty cool.

I hope everyone realizes that my Abner Doubleday CDV posting (as well as my avatar) is more or less a joke! That's my since of humor. And it is also my oldest card, therefore I like it. I liked this thread too!

Ken

1872
 

I don't know if this has been done yet, but I have a team card (Wright and Gould trade card) with Anson on it.

It's on my website (sorry haven't figured out the photo posting yet here):

19thcenturycards.net


I also have an 1871 imperial cabinet of a Connecticut team with O'Rourke on it, and an imperial cabinet of the 1868 Cinn. team with the Wrights (both not on the site yet).

1863 Grand Match at Hoboken w/Harry Wright

Damn Phil!

Is that yours? When did you land that?!!!

1871
 

Since we skipped over 1871, here is a Warren Studios CDV of Cal McVey...

Circa 1877....Chicago's new ballpark
 

Have to insert this hand-tinted woodcut of the Chicago White Stockings (Cubs) Lake Shore Park.

An easy HR park where Ned Williamson set the 19th Century record with 27 HR's in 1884....that stood till Babe Ruth's 29 HR's.

Anson, Dalrymple and Pfeffer also led the League that season with 20+ HR's each.



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TED Z

Ken:

I wish it was, I just scanned a photo of the card from an old auction catalogue.