Card, Baseball

Object number2014.30.3

Date1927

MediumPaper; ink

Credit LineGift of Gregg Ficery.

DescriptionBrown paper baseball card of Max Carey.Dimensions2.5 x 1.375 in. (6.4 x 3.5 cm)
InscriptionsBlack printed text below image "(32) MAX CAREY". Back of card has black printed text "MAX CAREY / Hard hitting outfielder of National / League / This is one of a series of sixty of the / most prominent stars in baseball / York Caramel Co. York, Pa."
MarksBack of card: "York Caramel Co. York, Pa."
Historical NotesDonated by Gregg Ficery. Received by Heinz History Center staff on April 29, 2014. Deed of gift signed on April 22, 2014. Max Carey played baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1910 through 1926 and the Brooklyn Robins from 1926 through 1929.

Related person Maximillian George Carnarius

Related institution Pittsburgh Pirates (founded 1887)

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