Thread: Earliest piece of baseball memorabilia - Pictures - Pre-1880 only, 18th Century Wins
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Old 06-30-2012, 02:18 PM
Den*nis O*Brien Den*nis O*Brien is offline
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Default 1866 cdv
While I'm not 100% certain this CDV dates from 1866, A.G. Spalding's book "America's National Game" and the Boone County Historical Society as combined sources suggest it would be. The Belvidere Il. Mystic BBC was formed on April 19, 1866 and lost to the Rockford Forest City BBC 123 - 8. After that loss the Mystic's merged with the Belvidere BBC and took the name Phoenix and played the Forest City BBC in 1867 losing 24 - 16.
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