Smithsonian Baseball : Inside the Worlds Finest Private Collections

English

ISBN: 0061121215

EAN: 9780061121210

Category: Travel / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest/Antiques & Collectibles / Sports/

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release Date: 03/31/2007

Synopsis: Among the national treasures youll find: The only known photographic image of baseballs 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 Jacksons 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.

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Smithsonian Baseball : Inside the Worlds Finest Private Collections

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.79 inches

Width: 9.25 inches

Length: 11.62 inches

Weight: 43.77 oz

Pages: 296