Rare find in Traverse City antique store - info?

[bleeckerstreetcards]

Found this after hearing "no i dont believe so, but take a look - you never know!" when asking the shop owner if she had any baseball cards. Some searching tells me it is likely from the 1880s, but not finding much else. Do the pre-war gurus have anything to add? Only a couple others from the "set" are in the SGC pop report.

At the least, its really cool to see a woman depicted on baseball cards, about 30 years before the 19th amendment and 60 years before the female stars of the 1940's took the field. And was a fun find, as so often I leave those shops empty handed.

[Joe_G.]

Nice card, N694. There are 7 example images on Todd's non-sport page (search by N694). http://www.non-sport.com/v7/

N48, N68, N508, H807-1, H807-2, N694 are all closely related. Tim Thornham has done some fantastic research on these related sets.

https://forum.vintagenonsports.com/p...ghlight=risido

[bleeckerstreetcards]

this is awesome, thanks for sharing Joe!

[dbrown]

Originally Posted by Joe_G.

Nice card, N694. There are 7 example images on Todd's non-sport page (search by N694). http://www.non-sport.com/v7/
N48, N68, N508, H807-1, H807-2, N694 are all closely related. Tim Thornham has done some fantastic research on these related sets.

aka H804-41 on Old Cardboard, building on the eight H804 trade card sets catalogued in Burdick's ACC. https://www.oldcardboard.com/o/h/h804/h804b.asp

[jjbond]

Nice!!! I’ve been collecting the 1880s women in baseball cards (seems like they were models or employees….not actual players). I’ve got a nice handful from the other sets, but haven’t come across any from this set yet. Congrats!