"The Steele Box" - 1880's / 1890's Baseball

[Mforder]

This is one of that papers that took the brunt of being in the box where the moisture had set off the rust.

It's a subcribers promise to pay $1 for uniforms and equipment for the Newton Baseball Team.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Mforder

This is one of that papers that took the brunt of being in the box where the moisture had set off the rust.

It's a subcribers promise to pay from the folks in town for the Uniforms and equipment of the Newton Baseball Team.

A dollar per uniform!

[Mforder]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

A dollar per uniform!

And that also includes other equipment. Imagine if you had you hands on one of those $1 uniforms today.

[Mforder]

Letter mentions some players names. Does anyone know if these were professional players names or not?

[Mforder]

$100 payment for securing baseball grounds.

[Mforder]

This booklet/schedule is for the National League and American Association Professional Baseball Leagues. It is about 80 pages long and looks like it's made to fit into your pocket (2.5"x4.25"). In it there is there are the games, dates and teams listed for 1893. There are also factoids on various pages as you can see in the images that have posted. There seems to be a lot packed into the small booklet.

[ooo-ribay]

You have a treasure trove on your hands, Mark! It fascinates me and I’m not even “into” 19th century baseball.