Lot # 316: c. 1865-75 Baseball Stereoviews Pair

Category: 1900-1948

Starting Bid: $100.00

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Item was in Auction "Spring, 2018 Auction",
which ran from 3/8/2018 6:00 AM to
3/25/2018 8:26 AM



Pair of early stereoviews featuring baseball game play both well-preserved with sharp orange borders. The first depicts a ballgame being played at a Soldier's Orphans Home taken by W.H. Tipton & Co part of a series of photographs related to Gettysburg and the battlefield. Children play baseball in front of the home uncounted casualties of the war. The second carries somewhat lighter subject matter the baseball field at Central Park in New York. Bot photos are attractive and clean well-preserved with areas of wear around the edges.