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Smithsonian Baseball: Inside the World's Finest Private Collections
Smithsonian Baseball Inside the World's Finest Private Collections
Author: Stephen Wong
Among the national treasures you'll find:
  • The only known photographic image of baseball's 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,...  more »
  • Scorecard from the inaugural World Series in 1903.
  • Shoeless Joe Jackson's 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.
ISBN-13: 9780061121210
ISBN-10: 0061121215
Publication Date: 4/1/2007
Pages: 296
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Publisher: Collins
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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