Smithsonian Baseball Inside the World's Finest Private Collections |
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Author:
| Wong, Stephen |
ISBN: | 978-0-06-112121-0 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2007 |
Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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Imprint: | Harper Perennial |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $21.99 |
Book Description:
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Among the national treasures you'll find:
- The only known photographic image of baseball's first organized team, the New York Knickerbockers, circa 1846.
- Original copy of the first written rules of modern baseball.
- One of the earliest known color advertising posters promoting the very first set of baseball cards, released in 1887.
- Scorecard from the inaugural World Series in 1903.
- Shoeless Joe Jackson's rookie-era game-used bat.
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Among the national treasures you'll find:
- The only known photographic image of baseball's first organized team, the New York Knickerbockers, circa 1846.
- Original copy of the first written rules of modern baseball.
- One of the earliest known color advertising posters promoting the very first set of baseball cards, released in 1887.
- Scorecard from the inaugural World Series in 1903.
- Shoeless Joe Jackson's rookie-era game-used bat.
- Game-worn jerseys of Ty Cobb, Dizzy Dean, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Grove, Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, and Ted Williams.