Abner Doubleday baseball
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Description
View of Abner Doubleday baseball. Printed on front: "The Abner Doubleday base ball. Home-made base ball used by Abner Graves, a fellow student to whom Doubleday taught the game which he invented at Cooperstown in 1839." Printed on back: "Base ball was invented in Cooperstown, New York, by Abner Doubleday and first played in this village in 1839. The National Base Ball Museum and Hall of Fame and Doubleday Field are maintained here as a shrine to the national game. Pub. by National Base Ball Museum."
Details
- Resource ID:
- hr000957
- Subject:
- Baseballs--New York (State)--Cooperstown
- Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893
- National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
- Postcards
- Publisher:
- National Base Ball Museum
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 postcard ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
- Department:
- Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
- Location:
- Postcards-Baseballs-Abner Doubleday
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.