Are there baseball Stereoview cards?

[olsport]

I have had that Babe Ruth Stereocard (with cowboy)quite a few times, so it is not very difficult to find. The one I found last month was with the entire set. The set was about 10 different stereos (of boring subjectmatter or diagrams), and they were used for some type of eye exercises or for optical doctors to check your eyes with. The seller let me cherry pick the one card for $3.00!

[ksfarmboy]

Here's one I own of the Clipper BBC Ilion, NY.

[buymycards]

Hi, I have this Ruth. (Not interested in selling it) I think Leon has a similar one on his website.

Rick

[VintageBall]

This stereoview card was produced by Webster & Albee Publishers of Rochester, NY in the 1880s (as per card mount style, color and printing), reproducing an 1870s stereo view first issued by Bacon & Carnall. It is one of the earliest photographic image of blacks playing baseball.

This photograph, which was taken by famous Rochester photographer F.W. Bacon, depicts a game at the House of Refuge, an orphanage in Rochester, New York. c. 1874. The view is similar to other stereoviews attributed to Bacon, that depict a game between "Colored" and "White" youths at the same facility. Very rare close-up photos of this same baseball game were also issued in Carte-de-Visite form by the same photographer.

The game shown in this card above was a mixed game with both African American and Caucasian players seen on the field. Dark hats were used by the black team, while the jockey style caps were worn by the white boys. Interestingly, Charles R. Webster and Josephus Albee were a major publisher of pirated copies of views.

...Yes, pirated images, where one issuer allegedly "borrowed" the image from another and simply slapped its own name on the card and issued it!