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Posted By: barrysloate

It has an 1880's or so look and feel to it, but there were so many teams called the Nationals that it is hard to tell. Maybe some research on the Franklins would yield some information. This is probably a local game between two town teams; there was a Gerhardt in the majors who was born in Washington, D.C. in 1855, but it is not necessarily him. If it is the same Gerhardt, perhaps late 1870's would be right. There was a famous Washington Nationals team that played in the late 1860's, but the roster doesn't match up.