Show your 19th Century Photos and Memorabilia

[olsport]

My main fascination in baseball is with 1800s items because baseball was so very different than from 1900 on. Please post any pics of your 19th century photos & memorabilia. THANKS so I can look like this on every post> Here is one of mine. An 1870s 7 x 9" photo of 2 teams from Hood River Oregon outdoors.

[FourStrikes]

c. 1880's - 1890's

(1) embossed / postcard-sized ( blank-back ) Philadelphia Novelty & Adv. Co. business card

(2) NSGW ( Native Sons of the Golden West ) calling card - San Francisco


DS

[JLange]

1890s book with baseball-football cover

[yanks12025]

These have photos from the 1800's but weren't made till 1926, so i hope you'll let it pass.

[canjond]

Here are some of my rarer packs...

[D. Broughman]

I recieved an email yesterday from the Cleveland Police Museum and they are going to try and research this game for me. They changed Curators and are behind so it will be awhile for them to catch up and get to the research on this game. Thanks to a member on NET54 I was able to contact them. I had given up hope on finding anything about this game. Will keep you posted if I get any information. D.

[D. Broughman]

Here is a railroad bat that was made from a railroad tool about 1870. D.

[slidekellyslide]

[DJR]

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[stone193]

The first BB game has a copyright of 1885 - appears to be an advertising premium in the form of a game.

"Base Ball Game" - H.H. Durgin, Pittsfield



National League Ball Game - Yankee Novelty Co., Chicago - 1890



Thanx for sharing your items guys - I enjoyed them very much.

[BrockJacob]

A few of my favorites-
1880's "The First Innings" silk stevengraph and a late 19th century letter holder.

[Joe Hunter]

1891 Horatio Alger book with 19th Century cover.

[Oldtix]

Undated, but hopefully close enough to qualify, is this old team image taken by a photographer in Tarentum, Pennsylvania. I've always thought that guy on the right end in the chair looked like trouble... Any further information would be much appreciated!

[MGHPro]

Early carved town ball bat and sectional trophy bat
Matt

[olsport]

[ctownboy]

A pencil box from the 1880's.

David

[vintagesportflips]

Beautiful stuff guys.

Here are a few of my 19th century football photographs
First is a CDV of 2 1891 Trinity College players

Next is an early 1890s Univ of Penn player

A very large 1898 Milton Academy football team photo

1892 Lake Forest team photo - not a very tough looking squad, eh?

1893 Doane College team photo - Everytime I look at this photo, I wonder what the guy in the back row is wearing. Looks very clownish - perhaps a referee?

Univ of North Carolina player photo -

[ctownboy]

Two "Yale" Murphy cabinet cards. One is from Pach Bros when he was actually still in college and the other is a Newsboy card.

David

[thekingofclout]

is my opinion and I think it's just remarkable how many terrific 100 plus year old pieces have been posted. An absolutely superb thread guys.

Sincerely, Jimmy

[khkco4bls]

here are some of my 19th. cent. collectibles

[khkco4bls]

last one since i can only load 5 pics. at a time. 1860 baseball bats. one 39" long.

[olsport]

Thanks for branching into the football stuff!! Here is my Football player Tintype (who I alwys thought looked like a German baker, ready to whip up some muffins).

[vintagesportflips]

A few of my non photo 19th century items

Here is a Morril's noseguard/nosemask


An early Spalding figure 8 baseball, that is marked AMATEUR. This ball is a little smaller than current size.


1895 McLoughlin Bros The Yale and Princeton FootBall Board Game


Unknown maker Early Melon Football

[olsport]

[baseball tourist]

My 1882 trophy ball - Mt. Joy vs. Lewisburg

[olsport]

Features a football game on this McGill College tobacco tin from the 1890s

[smtjoy]

Very cool 1882 trophy ball

If that is Mt. Joy, PA, the town was named after a branch of my family )

[baseball tourist]

Originally Posted by smtjoy

Very cool 1882 trophy ball

If that is Mt. Joy, PA, the town was named after a branch of my family )

Hi Scott..it is Mt. Joy PA. Interesting about you family connection. Like to hear more. I reached out to the Mt. Joy and Lewisburg Historic Societys to see if by chance, there was anything on record about the teams or a big game played on the date shown on the ball - but so far have come up empty.

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by olsport

Features a football game on this McGill College tobacco tin from the 1890s

Boy Paul. That's a terrific Tin!

[olsport]

[b.heagy]

A few of my favorite 19th century items.

[b.heagy]

I believe the first piece is a box lid.