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Chevrolet Baseball Club
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Just look at these guys. Are they on top of the world, or what? I would wager that this team, the pride of the Chevrolet Automobile Company, had an annual…
National League Fine Cut Tobacco Advertising Card
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The most entertaining and finely designed of all baseball trade cards, I believe, is this one for fine cut chewing tobacco produced around 1880 in Detroit. The brand was National…
Baseball Magazine Ballpark Issue – Lost Premiums Found
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Rare baseball publications from long ago can yield up surprises even more rare. In this case, the pub is a promotional ‘Ballpark Issue,’ from Baseball Magazine, which contained a few…
Babe Ruth in Dunsmuir, California
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Barnstorming Babe! The big guy loved to hit the road after the World Series was over. There were not many years when Babe Ruth missed a post-season. Even in the…
A Boy’s Baseball Fantasy
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There is nothing predictable about the antique business. If it does not surprise you, you aren’t paying attention. It’s true in every field, and it’s true with early baseball photography.…
Baseball Archeology In Cuba: A Trip to Guines
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Visiting Cuba is like tripping in a time machine. We’re not talking about a beach vacation at Veradero, but a visitation to the living, working Cuba. A Cuba, where baseball…
Baseball Champion Fruit Label
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From out of nowhere* comes a lithographic surprise. It is an image that long-time west-coasters may have seen before, but it’s new to me. The image is very unusual in…
What a doozy of a photo this one is! – African American Ballplayer Cabinet Card 1890s
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When I saw it in a fairly obscure auction listing I could not believe it. Since I have been able to closely examine it, the photo is even more baffling…
This is not just another baseball team photo on a postcard!
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This is not just another team photo on a real photo postcard, a genre which contains hundreds and thousands of examples. Way back when baseball was everything in America and…
