1869 Peck & Snyder Cincinnati Red Stockings Card
THF94408 / 1869 Peck & Snyder Cincinnati Red Stockings Card
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Artifact Overview
In 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings -- the first openly professional baseball team -- embarked on a 12,000-mile coast-to-coast tour. They played before over 200,000 spectators and their exploits did much to popularize the game of baseball. Peck and Snyder, a Manhattan sporting goods store, capitalized on the Red Stockings' popularity by pasting advertisements on the back of the team's photographs.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Baseball card
Subject Date
1869
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
00.1307.309
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Card stock
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Printing (Process)
Trimming (Cutting)
Dimensions
Height: 3.625 in
Width: 2.5 in
Inscriptions
printed on front under photo:
Hurley, Sub.; G. Wright, S.S.; Allison, C.; McVey, R.F; Leonard, L.F. / Sweasy, 2d B.; Waterman, 3d B.; H. Wright, C.F.; Brainard, P.; Gould, 1st B.
printed on back:
Peck & Snyder / Yours Respectfully Andrew Peck
handwritten on back:
Cincinnati "Red Stockings" / (first professional baseball club), / 1868. Wm Hildebrand
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