1890's Pigs playing baseball postcard

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Posted By: leon

Picked this up recently and figured it was worth showing as it's sort of amusing. It's very detailed and I especially like the pig that is falling from the tree, in the background.

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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

How many times do you have to say it? You will never get to first base faster by sliding!

Cool card Leon.

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Posted By: Rick

I love these old trade cards...I saw this one on ebay about 6 months ago , thought it would be a good deal for 40 bucks or so ...the auction ended in the mid 100's.

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

in black and white. David?

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Posted By: barrysloate

Leon- I've had that trade card on several occasions and it was always one of my favorites. Not too rare, but it doesn't get any funnier than that.

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Posted By: fkw

One of my favorite Trade Cards as well. There is actually 2 different variations that Ive seen on that card, one says "Daisy Brand Leaf Lard" on the wall, the other says "Lily Leaf Brand Leaf Lard". Both are made by Nelson Moris & Co. and from about 1890-92. The card is listed in Frank Keetz Trade Card Book as #208. Your card is slightly trimmed. Nice find.

I love the pigs hanging in the trees

Frank

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

cure everything in the 19th century...cholera, typhus, syphilis...sorry to be so gloomy..I just twisted my ankle.

Then we started curing everthing with sulfa and antibiotics, so diesease had to reinvent itself...O.K. VOGNAR, THAT'S ENOUGH OUT OF YOU!

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Posted By: identify7

Lard by the leaf! Who could not like that card? The Lilly flag blowing in the breeze looks like a piece of bacon. Where is the Big Bad Wolf? Sheesh wolf - pigs are falling from the trees!

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Posted By: barrysloate

On a related note, under the heading of truth is stranger than fiction, in the late 19th century (and perhaps later) P.T. Barnum had an act featuring elephants playing baseball. One elephant would hold the bat in his trunk, another elephant would toss a ball to him, and the first one would hit the ball and run the bases. It had to be an extremely popular act, and there is a famous advertising poster that Barnum made up showing his elephants at play.

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Posted By: MyBuddy

I'm amazed how "baseballically" correct the Haas card is:

Bases loaded, with less than two outs, sharp line drive single to left field, run scores.

Bases loaded: Obvious, four Haas pigs running bases.

Less than two outs: Less obvious but some definite clues. 1 -- Haas pig sliding into home (as memtioned with other card, sliding into forced base does you no good). 2 -- Chorela skeleton catcher attempting tag, not an inning ending force at home. 3 -- Pig running from second to third still very close to second. If there were 2 outs, he would have been running on contact and been much closer to third.

Sharp line drive to left field: Once again, pig running from second had to hold up to see if the line dive made it thru infield. While pig running from first got a bigger jump since the ball was on the other side of field. You could also make the arguement that the pig running from second was trying to draw a throw to third, allowing run to score more easilly.

Run scores: Obvious, Cholera skeleton late with tag. All other skeletons either dismayed and/or frantic. Scorekeeper marking run on scoresheet.


Now what the groundhog manager is telling the on-deck batter, I don't know ... (I have to get out more often)

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Posted By: identify7

The pig running from first to second has red pants and a striped cap like the Lily flag - so they must be the home team. And the home team is all dark skinned pigs, while the visitors all have blue pants with (sometimes) yellow hats, and paler coloring.

The plot thickens.

Edited to add: Can't make out the score, who is winning?

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Posted By: andy becker

this one really hits home.
i am in the pork business, pork chops....i love the card! it's going straight to my wantlist.
thanks for sharing, leon!