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Baseball game made famous by Currier and Ives...
Baseball game made famous by Currier and Ives...
Item # 700992
August 04, 1865
NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 4, 1865
* Brooklyn Atlantics vs. New York Mutuals
* Post Civil War reconstruction baseball game
On the back page under "Sporting" is: "Base Ball" "The Grand Match for the Championship--20,000 Spectators Present--The Finest Contest Ever Witnessed--The Atlantics Still the Champions..." with more.
This has a wonderfully written game summary which takes three-quarters of a column & includes details about the game (terminated by thunderstorm), plus the box score.
This is a report of the very game that was the subject of a famous Currier and Ives print titled: "The American National Game", a notable print and event in baseball history.
Eight pages, binding slits at the blank spine margin, nice condition.
AI notes: The August 3, 1865 game between the Brooklyn Atlantics and New York Mutuals was not officially a championship game. At that time, baseball was still mostly organized through club challenges rather than formal leagues or championships like we know today.
However, games between top clubs like the Atlantics and Mutuals were often seen as unofficial contests for supremacy, since these teams were among the best in the country. So while it wasn’t a formal championship, it carried significant competitive importance and helped establish dominance in early baseball.
Category: Post-Civil War
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