Card, Baseball

Object number2012.81.3
Date1910
Mediumpaper
Credit LineGift of Gregg Ficery
DescriptionMulticolored rectangular card of Forbes Field.Dimensions2.375 x 1.75 in. (6 x 4.4 cm)
InscriptionsPrint below image: "Forbes Field: Pittsburgh National League / Base Ball Park."

Printed on reverse: "ROOT FOR / TIP TOP BREAD / AND THE PIRATES" followed by a list of "25 MOST PROMINENT MEMBERS".

Handwritten in pencil upper right of center: "35".
MarksMaker's information on bottom "WARD-MACKEY COMPANY".
Historical Notes1910 Tip Top Bread Forbes Field card, the only baseball card made of Forbes Field, a year after its construction.
Related institution (founded 1887)
On View
Not on view
Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
Peter A. Contis
1970
Plate, Commemorative
The Sabina Line
1970
Plate, Commemorative
Wendell August Forge
1994
Model, Scale
Len Martin
1996
Painting
Nat Youngblood
1958
Souvenir
Alexander Global Promotions
c. 2024
Card, Baseball
The Topps Company, Inc.
2011
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