Collecting Cards as a Kid in 1889

[trdcrdkid]

Some of the kids who collected cards in the 1880s later wrote down firsthand accounts. Here is a post of mine about the best known of them, Arthur Folwell, who wrote an article for the New Yorker in 1929 about his memories of collecting cards 40 years earlier:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=202129

And here is a post with a couple of articles from Card Collector's Bulletin in the 1940s, with people's memories of collecting tobacco cards back in the 1880s:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=239836

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by trdcrdkid

Some of the kids who collected cards in the 1880s later wrote down firsthand accounts. Here is a post of mine about the best known of them, Arthur Folwell, who wrote an article for the New Yorker in 1929 about his memories of collecting cards 40 years earlier:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=202129

And here is a post with a couple of articles from Card Collector's Bulletin in the 1940s, with people's memories of collecting tobacco cards back in the 1880s:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=239836

Thank you for sharing the posts again. They were very good reads. Gave insight that I thought didn't exist!

[Jay Wolt]

Here's a similar postcard a couple decades after the 1889 N85 Duke's
I have about 8-10 different ones

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Here's a similar postcard a couple decades after the 1889 N85 Duke's
I have about 8-10 different ones

Someone should create a similar image - using Target, sports card distributors, and blaster boxes. Replace the kids with images of flippers carrying Pelican cases.

[Rhotchkiss]

Jay, that postcard is totally awesome!

[toledo_mudhen]

It appears that everyone wore a hat back then

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

It appears that everyone wore a hat back then

Everyone wore a hat until JFK made it fashionable not to wear one.

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Jay, that postcard is totally awesome!

Ryan I got a bunch of different ones, here's one dated 1903 on the front

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Ryan I got a bunch of different ones, here's one dated 1903 on the front

“Little boy does this look like the best time?”

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

I recall a post many years ago when this postcard was referred to as the Barry Sloate rookie card. Was funny then anyway.

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Ryan I got a bunch of different ones, here's one dated 1903 on the front

They are really really cool!

And the Barry Sloate Rookie is classic. Very funny