The Centennial Exposition... Baseball...
LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, New York, May 20, 1876 Featured are several prints of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, the ftpg. showing the "Great Corliss Engine" & an expansive doublepage centerfold of the: "Scene on the Grand Plaza...". More as well.
The back page has a nice print of a baseball player in uniform, in a "Base Ball Goods" advertisement. An article within: "Life In The Black Hills" is from 5 weeks before the Custer Massacre.
Sixteen pages, very nice condition.
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