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First Baseball Attendance of a Thousand or More
| Salience | Noteworthy |
|---|---|
| Tags | Ball in the CultureBall in the Culture |
| Location | |
| City/State/Country: | Hoboken, NJ, US |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
| Holiday | |
| Notables | |
| Text | "There were thousands of ladies and gentlemen on the ground to witness this game." |
| Sources | New York Times, July 10, 1857, about Eagles - Gotham game at the Elysian Fields. Post be Craig Waff on 19cBB, 4/23/2010 |
| Warning | Lacking enclosed fields, turnstiles or ticket stubs, attendances are only visual estimates. |
| Comment | Waff counted 39 attendance estimates of one thousand or more in the NYC area prior to the Civil War. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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1857.39 First Baseball Attendance of a Thousand or More"
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