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The First Game Pic?

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Images, Newspaper Coverage
Location Greater New York City
City/State/Country: NYC, NY, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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"On Saturday, September 12, 1857, 'Porter's Spirit of the Times,' a weekly newspaper devoted to sports and theater, featured a woodcut that, as best can be determined, was the first published image of a baseball game.?

 

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Vintage Base Ball Association site, http://vbba.org/ed-interp/ 1857elysian fieldsgame.html

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