Home > Back to Search Results >
Doubly great issue: Atlantic cable is complete... First ever Harvard - Yale baseball game...
Doubly great issue: Atlantic cable is complete... First ever Harvard - Yale baseball game...
Item # 693482
July 29, 1866
NEW YORK TIMES, July 29, 1866
* Transatlantic telegraph cable completion
* Very first Harvard vs. Yale baseball game
Page 4 has an article concerning the successful completion of the Atlantic Cable, connecting Europe with the United States. Heads include: "THE ATLANTIC CABLE" "Arrival of the Great Eastern at Heart's Content" "The Cable in Perfect Working Order" and more.
Page 5 has a detailed account of the very first baseball game between Yale and Harvard including the box score.
Eight pages, nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
Add to Cart
