Thread: 19th century ticket to a ballgame......?
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Old 05-03-2007, 02:40 AM
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Default 19th century ticket to a ballgame......?
Posted By: davidcycleback

Thanks for the sentiments. Though I never realized I moved past the Xerox stage ... The question is whether your trade card qualifies as the first known baseball card. I know of no other earlier baseball trade card or baseball card, at least one that has verified year. There are early cards where the date is debatable (Peck & Snyder James Creighton for example), while yours has the year printed on the front. And, as everyone knows by now, that 1863 thing Keith O. has is a laundry ticket which Harry Wright used for his cricket knickers.

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