Image of a broadside announcing a baseball game held on April 29, 1875 in Richmond, Virginia between the Boston Red Stockings team and Washington D.C.’s Washingtons team. Print includes brief information about the history of baseball, and event information such as admission prices, transportation, and safety concerns. Promotional information about the teams is also listed. Note: In approximately 1908, the Boston Red Sox team adapted their name from the shortened version of the Boston Red Stockings team name. The Boston Red Stockings eventually became the Atlanta Braves. “The game of Base Ball has now attained such a popularity among all classes, that this season it will surpass in attraction all other exhibitions of this character... Game commences at 3 o'clock P.M. A sufficient Police Force will be in attendance... Reserved Seats for Ladies... Admission, 50 Cents, Children 25 Cents. Carriages Free... "--text, lower half of print. "From the 'News' Steam Job Printing Establishment, Danbury, Conn." --text, bottom center of margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 letterpress : color printed ; overall 60.64 x 24.13 cm (23 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Baseball--Pictorial works Baseball Boston Red Stockings (Baseball team) Baseball--Washington (D.C.) Broadsides. (gmgpc) Relief prints--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Place
Richmond (Va.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Sports & Leisure Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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