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|Text= | |Text=<p>"What's the first baseball card? (I say it's the invitation to the Magnolia Club's First Annual Ball ball in February 1844.)"</p> | ||
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<p>[Image to be added once Protoball gets help with this task. The Magnolia Card appears on the right of the image.] </p> | |||
|Sources=<p>John Thorn, FB Posting, 3/1/2022. John cites the announcement in the New York Herald on February 8, 1844.</p> | |||
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|Comment= | |Comment=<p>[1] Another candidate as first baseball card is a group photo of the "Mutual (Green Stockings) B.B. Club of New York," evidently printed as on a souvenir ticket to a 1865 benefit for Harry and Sam Wright. </p> | ||
|Query= | <p>Voigt writes "To finance the affair, a 25-cent admission charge was asked, and all comers were also encouraged to part with an extra 25 cents for a souvenir ticket . . . . Wright was more interested in his cash cut, which came to $29.65." David Vincent Voigt, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">American Baseball</span> (University of Oklahma Press, 1966), p. 28.</p> | ||
<p>John points out that this event can be mainly viewed as a cricket event. Three games were planned as part of the affair, and two were cricket games. A base ball game was to follow, but it was rained out.</p> | |||
<p>[2] Gary Passamonte observes: "This debate has raged on for many years. I believe the 1886 Old Judge N167 set would be the first undisputed group of baseball cards. All earlier possibilities have detractors with good points. </p> | |||
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|Query=<p>Is it time to further define "baseball card"? </p> | |||
|Source Image=Magnolia Club Invite 1844 | |Source Image=Magnolia Club Invite 1844 | ||
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|Submitted by= | |Submitted by=John Thorn | ||
|Submission Note= | |Submission Note=FB posting of 3/1/2022. | ||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Tags | Ball in the CultureBall in the Culture |
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| City/State/Country: | New York, NY, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
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| Text | "What's the first baseball card? (I say it's the invitation to the Magnolia Club's First Annual Ball ball in February 1844.)"
[Image to be added once Protoball gets help with this task. The Magnolia Card appears on the right of the image.] |
| Sources | John Thorn, FB Posting, 3/1/2022. John cites the announcement in the New York Herald on February 8, 1844. |
| Warning | |
| Comment | [1] Another candidate as first baseball card is a group photo of the "Mutual (Green Stockings) B.B. Club of New York," evidently printed as on a souvenir ticket to a 1865 benefit for Harry and Sam Wright. Voigt writes "To finance the affair, a 25-cent admission charge was asked, and all comers were also encouraged to part with an extra 25 cents for a souvenir ticket . . . . Wright was more interested in his cash cut, which came to $29.65." David Vincent Voigt, American Baseball (University of Oklahma Press, 1966), p. 28. John points out that this event can be mainly viewed as a cricket event. Three games were planned as part of the affair, and two were cricket games. A base ball game was to follow, but it was rained out. [2] Gary Passamonte observes: "This debate has raged on for many years. I believe the 1886 Old Judge N167 set would be the first undisputed group of baseball cards. All earlier possibilities have detractors with good points.
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| Query | Is it time to further define "baseball card"? Edit with form to add a query |
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| Submitted by | John Thorn |
| Submission Note | FB posting of 3/1/2022. |
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