August 8, 2013: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/8/2013
Included here are four newspapers from the late 1800s, each with some type of baseball content. There's a New York Daily Tribune full paper with a June 15, 1870 features an article and boxscore from the first-ever loss by the Cincinnati Red Stockings baseball team (8-7 to Atlantic on page 5); a Harper's Weekly page featuring New York vs. Boston (April 27, 1889) with headshots of Tierman, Welch, Keefe, Ewing, Ward and Whitney; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (Nov. 4, 1865) with a boxscore and article from Atlantic vs. Eckford; and a Physical Exercise page (source unknown) featuring different baseball actions.
Baseball-Related 19th Century Newspapers (4)
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