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Two issue set reporting the same baseball game, one illustrated...
Two issue set reporting the same baseball game, one illustrated...
Item # 683730
October 31, 1865
Two issue set: NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 31, 1865 and HARPER'S WEEKLY, November 18, 1865, the first a textual report of a baseball game, and the latter an illustration of that very game.
* 1865 Philadelphia Baseball Game
The back page of the Tribune has: "BASE BALL MATCH" "The Atlantics Versus Athletics" "Success of the Former in the First Game" with the various details. The Harper's has a half-page print captioned: "Base-Ball Match Between the 'Athletics' of Philadelphia, and the 'Atlantics' of Brooklyn, N.Y., Played at Philadelphia, October 30, 1865". It also contains a short article which includes: "...The two clubs engaged in the contest are considered the best in the country...".
Both issues are complete & in nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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