Oldest card ever: new article

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Posted By: identify7

This is a good start, Hal!

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it cannot be a real "baseball card" unless it actually depicts a REAL baseball PLAYER who is identifiable from the card.

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I agree, the player must be identifiable, not just the sport.

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Tobin Lithographs showing clowns playing baseball - NO, not "true baseball cards"



Again, I agree. However, I note that Tobin lithographs which identify the player, by this definition, are baseball cards.

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Cards with drawings of REAL big league baseball players that have the players' names on the cards - YES, true cards (even if the drawings barely resemble the player)



By specifying "big league", it appears to me that early cards are eliminated from consideration, since at the potential time of issuance a traditional big league did not exist. Perhaps the "big league" specification should be removed.

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Even today, if someone draws a picture of their kid playing wiffle ball on a card-sized piece of cardboard and distributes them around town...

there is NOBODY that would consider this to be a "true baseball card."



Because:
1) no player is identified
2) what other reasons?