I know it is an old trivia question, but a good one to know: Who is the only Hof'er to appear on both the N172 and T206 sets?

That would be Jake Beckley, Hugh Duffy and Clark Griffith, though I'm not sure they are one person.

SPORTING NEWS Trade Card
 

1880s-1890s TC of kid reading SPORTING NEWS

DS

I may be putting this one up for sale soon:


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I got this one from a fellow board member:


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and this is another one of my favorites:


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I haven't pulled this out in awhile.

Gary:

QUICK!!!!! put it back in its drawer/vault, or otherwise ... and please kill this thread...pronto! :D - that's awesome - you win!

DS

Some insane eye candy in this thread. I'll play.
Bought this 1890 cabinet from Terry Knouse at a bygone National. Sold it in the first LOTG auction. Miss it dearly.
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...arge/ODay1.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...arge/ODay2.jpg

My KBats collection, all two of 'em.
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...Geo%20Wood.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...ge/DMcD561.jpg

Recent acquisition. Couldn't pass it up.
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...%20Breslin.jpg

Have showed this before. John Ewing, younger brother of Buck, won 21 games for the Pelicans in 1887.
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...hn%20Ewing.jpg

No info on this photo as to when or where. Might not be 19th century but close as dammit is to swearing and too cool to not show. Maybe Mr Kreindler or some other genius can opine as to which stadium this is. Those columns look familiar. Pittsburgh?
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...ans%201911.jpg

may NO be 19th century.
 

Absolutely right. For some reason just thought of Duffy, as I recently picked up a nice T206 of him and forgot about Jake and Clark. Sorry, guys. Is the N172 Griffith his RC? I know copies not cheap.

The reason I guessed Pittsburg was due to a painting that Graig did of Honus Wagner which turns out to have been at Chicago's West Side Grounds. A further look on the internet revealed that the Cubs played there from 1893 to 1915 Link. Probably what would be more telling are the clothes styles depicted. Were these grown-up Terrors of America wearing high collars and bowler hats in the 1890s? Possibly.

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_..._Side_Park.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...rica-Their.jpg

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nice catch, David...and I LOVE the 'Terrors" set, even the non-sports versions...

p.s. - awesome Kreindler!

DS

Don't have a lot of 19th century items in my collection but here are a couple that I can share.

http://i1368.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1sd87z0c.jpg

http://i1368.photobucket.com/albums/...psd1pb2mag.jpg

nice...Tobin trade cards are great, and the B&W are tougher than the color ones.

DS

The postcard depicts West Side grounds in a construction state that indicates the late 1908 season or later.

The support posts in the photo at the bottom of post 207 don't appear to be a good match for West Side Grounds.