Pittsburgh Alleghenys versus Cincinnati Reds scorecard, 1890 May 10

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Pittsburgh Alleghenys versus Cincinnati Reds scorecard

Date1890 May 10

DescriptionThe scorecard is from the Pittsburgh Alleghenys vs. Cincinnati Reds game of May 10, 1890 played at League Park in Cincinnati Ohio. With newspaper research and box scores it was determined that this game was played on May 10, 1890. Cincinnati won the game by a score of 11 to 1. The scorecard was printed with black ink and filled out with pencil. The scorecard opens horizontally. The page with the Cincinnati score includes advertisements for Sharp & Co. Munro Turkish Baths, Gatto's Cut Rate Ticket Office, Ye Old Homestead, Norwood Exchange, Wilson & Miller, Coon & Co., and Covington Turf Exchange. The page with the Pittsburgh score includes advertisements for Belden Photographer, Frohman Bros. & Williams, The Stag House, Woltz & Co., Kahn the Haberdasher, The Enquirer Job Printing Co., The Cincinnati Enquirer, and Kentucky Turf Exchange. The front cover is printed in black and red ink and had a baseball diamond with a baseball in the middle, the base paths of the diamond read "Cincinnati National League Club" and the baseball reads "A.S. Stern Prest. Harry Stern Secy & Tres. Tom Loftus manager 1890." The cover also includes advertisements for Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, and Erie Railway. The back cover is printed in black and red ink and has advertisements for Norwood Park, and Rogers' Royal Nervine.

Object numberBL-1953-00026-03

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer Reilly, John, 1858-1937

Publisher Harry W. Monter & Co.

Subject Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team)

Subject Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team)

Subject National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsmanuscripts (documents)

Collection NumberBA MSS 011 19th Century scorecards

Dimensions5.5 x 7.75 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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