Posted By:
Corey R. ShanusSean,
I complement your insatiable curiosity. To answer your question about the 1860/61 Brooklyn Atlantics CDV, here are some tidbits. The carte is the earliest known baseball CDV. There is one known copy. In 1860/61, the Atlantics were one of the two top teams in the country, the other being the Brooklyn Excelsiors (led by James Creighton). The Atlantics were the dynasty team of the 1860's, being either the top or one of the top teams throughout the decade. There are three known images of Atlantics from the 1860s - the carte of 1860/61 team, a mammoth plate of the 1865 team (an alternative version from the same photographer also exists with the photo being CDV size), and the Peck and Synder trade card of the 1868 team. The 1860/61 CDV, the 1865 mammoth plate and the 1868 Peck and Synder are illustrated in the book "Smithsonian Baseball".