Baltimore Orioles versus Chicago Colts scorecard, 1897

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Baltimore Orioles versus Chicago Colts scorecard

Date1897

DescriptionChicago Colts Official Scorecard, 1897. The scorecard is from a Baltimore Orioles vs. Chicago Colts game played in 1897. The scorecard is printed with black ink and is not filled out. The Chicago side of the scorecard has advertisements for The Mechanical Rubber Co., Pabst, Vim Cycle Co., and Napoleon Bicycles. The Baltimore side of the scorecard has advertisements for Thistle Bicycle, Sweet, Wallach & Co., Sterling Bicycles, and Wrigley's Juicy Fruit. The front cover is in color and has four baseball bats laid out in a diamond shape. At what would be second base is a black-and-white portrait photograph of Jim Hart, on the pitcher's mound is a large black-and-white portrait of Clark Griffith, and at home plate is a black-and-white portrait photograph of John Albert Brown. The front cover reads "Official Score Card Chicago 1897" and has various advertisements. The back cover is in color and in the middle has a black-and-white portrait photograph of Charlie Ganzel. In the background is a drawing of action on a baseball field and various advertisements.

Object numberBL-1996-05411-001

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)

Subject Ganzel, Charlie, 1862-1914

Subject Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)

Subject Baltimore Orioles (American Association : Baseball team)

Subject Brown, John, 1838-1898

Subject Hart, Jim, 1855-1919

Subject Griffith, Clark (Clark Calvin), 1869-1955

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA MSS 011 Nineteenth Century scorecards

Dimensions5.75 x 9.25 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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