What is the first card to say NY Yankees??

Archive · #1 01-05-2009, 04:49 PM

Posted By: Tim Caravella

Just another dumb idea for my collection, but having some trouble finding it. Thanks for the help...

Tim

Archive · #2 01-05-2009, 05:02 PM

Posted By: dennis

1913 changed from highlanders to yankees....lots of cards refer to them as NY americans. good question,1913 fatima team=ny americans, as late as 1916 m 101-4 refer to them as ny americans.1919 w514's do refer to them as yankees. i'm sure someone knows the answer.

Archive · #3 01-05-2009, 05:13 PM

Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

They are identified in the T205 set as Yankees, I believe these are the first "cards" to reference them as such.
-Rhett

Archive · #4 01-05-2009, 05:15 PM

Posted By: David McDonald

There was a thread a few months ago http://tinyurl.com/9hda8n which touched on this subject.

Archive · #5 01-05-2009, 05:21 PM

Posted By: dennis

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Archive · #6 01-05-2009, 05:23 PM

Posted By: Tim Caravella

Thanks for all the info, i guess it wasn't that dumb of a question afterall. Looks like the T205's take it although if the Highlanders weren't renamed to Yankees until 1913... ahhhhh nevermind!!!

Tim

Archive · #7 01-05-2009, 05:30 PM

Posted By: Mike

Question : If the NY Yankees were not Yankees until 1913 then why are they called Yankees in the T205 "1911" set ?

Archive · #8 01-05-2009, 05:37 PM

Posted By: Steve F

I once read the team nicknames were initially given by the press and or the fans and weren't officially adopted by the leagues til later. Then again, it could have been a dream.

Archive · #9 01-05-2009, 05:54 PM

Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Steve, I think that's correct. The Highlanders were nicknamed the Yankees for a while before the name was officially adopted.

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