Card, Baseball
Object number2012.51.1
Manufacturer
Mecca Cigarettes
Date1911
Mediumpaper
Credit LineGift of Gregg Ficery
DescriptionRectangular multicolored baseball card. Obverse side: image of Pittsburgh Pirates player, Caucasian, wearing white uniform with blue and red accents and cap, in the process of catching baseball in a gloved proper left hand. Reverse side: upside down image of baseball player, Caucasian, wearing similar uniform as above but leaning to proper right side; glove on proper left hand.Dimensions4.75 x 2.125 in. (12.1 x 5.4 cm)InscriptionsFront:
Printed at top right corner: "Leach-Pittsburgh Nat."
Reverse:
Printed in top right corner: "Gibson-Pittsburgh Nat."
Below image, right side up has black print: "BASE BALL FOLDER SERIES" followed by statistics on "THOMAS LEACH" and "GEO. GIBSON".
MarksReverse on bottom edge: "MECCA CIGARETTES / "PERFECT SATISFACTION" / FACTORY No. 30 2? [sic] DIST. N.Y."
Historical Notes1911 T206 Mecca Double Folder Tommie Leach and George Gibson Pirates trading card featuring two star players for the 1909 World Series team.
Related person
George C. Gibson
(1880 - 1967)
Related person
Thomas Andrew Leach
(1877 - 1969)
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
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