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|Text=<p>"What's the first baseball card?&nbsp; (I say it's the invitation to the Magnolia Club's First Annual Ball ball in February 1844.)"</p>
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|Sources=<p>John Thorn, FB Posting, 3/1/2022.&nbsp; John cites the announcement in the New York Herald on February 8, 1844.</p>
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|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.&nbsp;</p>
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<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."&nbsp; David Vincent Voigt,&nbsp;<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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; I believe the 1886 Old Judge N167 set would be the first undisputed group of baseball cards.&nbsp; All earlier possibilities have detractors with good points.&nbsp;</p>
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|Query=<p>Is it time to further define "baseball card"?&nbsp;</p>
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The First Baseball Card, Arguably?

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Tags Ball in the Culture
City/State/Country: New York, NY, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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.

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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Is it time to further define "baseball card"? 

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