WORLD'S FIRST BASEBALL CARD
THE LONGEST LIST OF THE LONGEST
STUFF AT THE LONGEST DOMAIN NAME AT LONG LAST
What is the world's first baseball card?
We struck out on this one as it's
very hard to pin down but here is what we found out.
While rummaging in an attic in Maine Henry Thomas found
a card with a picture of a couple boys playing baseball. Through extensive
research the card was dated to the early 1800's and may just be the world's
first baseball card.
On
July 14 2005 the card went on display at the Smithsonian Institution in
Washington.
Around 1839
photos of baseball players started popping up.
In 1886 cigarette companies started giving away
baseball cards, depicting professional players, with every pack and the hobby of
collecting baseball cards was born.
Goodwin & Co. is thought to be the first to produce
baseball cards with their 1886 Old Judge New York Giants N167 set, but in all,
four sets came out that year.
1886 Old Judge Baseball Card
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