Collecting Cards as a Kid in 1889

[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

[Joe_G.]

Enjoyed this thread, bumping it back with a late 1887 take on collecting & trading. I like the mention of OJ baseball cards from earlier in the year being quite popular, more so than the actress cards that replaced them in late 1887. Also appears that the Kinney Military cards were quite popular with premium paid for recognized rarities.

15 cents for a card was enough to buy 3 full 10 count packs.