Card, Baseball
Object number2014.30.1
Date1913
MediumPaper; ink
Credit LineGift of Gregg Ficery.
DescriptionWhite paper baseball card of Pittsburgh Pirates Marty O'Toole.Dimensions3.438 x 2.438 in. (8.7 x 6.2 cm)InscriptionsFront has black italicized text in top left corner of image "MARTY / O'TOOLE / PITTS." Black text along perimeter of image: top center "STRIKE??", bottom center inverted text "ONE", and vertical text along left edge at top "BATTER". Back of card has text inscribed in a circle in the center: "BASE / BALL" in the foreground with "THE / NATIONAL / GAME" in the background with additional text below "Pat. March 25, 1913, No. 1,056,770 / ALL FOREIGN RIGHTS RESERVED".
MarksBack of card: "Pat. March 25, 1913, No. 1,056,770 / ALL FOREIGN RIGHTS RESERVED".
Previous owner
Martin James O'Toole
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
On View
Not on view1911
1916