N694 Risido Women Baseball Players

[Cozumeleno]

Thanks, Leon - I'm without my ACC right now but that's about what I was thinking with regards to the dating.

[Joe_G.]

FWIW, A&G cigarettes were produced with ~3 year old crops at that time. I have two 1888 cigarette packs that are dated June 26th and Dec. 18th 1888 that both advertise being from the "Crop of 1885". Most of the "Crop of 1884" A&G items likely date to ~1887.

[teza11]

Thanks Joe for the additional information. Still curious about the "first known baseball silks", I did find this Stevengraph baseball image dated to 1895 from a prior REA listing. However, Stevengraph's were woven silks as compared to the two printed silks I'm researching. Regards, Jeff

[Joe_G.]

Here are a couple related examples of early baseball silks . . .

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-c...a/7024-80004.s

http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/.../#&gid=1&pid=1

There were similar silks printed in 1888 for the Detroit and St. Louis teams.

Regards,
Joe G.

[teza11]

Thanks for sharing some other early examples Joe. In taking a closer look at the silk I have, it's interesting to see that like the cabinet card the "A No. 8." sequence number is also printed on the silk.

Jeff

[Cozumeleno]

That's great stuff, Jeff - nice catch

Originally Posted by teza11

Thanks for sharing some other early examples Joe. In taking a closer look at the silk I have, it's interesting to see that like the cabinet card the "A No. 8." sequence number is also printed on the silk.

Jeff

[teza11]

I'm adding a new sighting of a Polka Dot Nine players card to this thread. At first glance I thought it was the same image from my silk and the A&G cabinet. However, a closer look shows the following differences; 1) player on right arm is down at her side and 2) reference number is "B. No. 7" versus "A No. 8". This image comes from an unbranded small format tobacco sized card. Enjoy!

Jeff