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Originally Posted by ooo-ribay
How many were kept in the first place and, even if they were, how many survivors are going to keep them after the original owners died 125+ years ago? For the most part, I don’t think people saw any “value” in this stuff back in the early days….especially for “throw away” items like tickets and scorecards. Things have changed so much….just think of the number of bats and uniforms a modern player goes through compared to the 19th century and even 50 years ago. And, these days, someone is always there to grab those uniforms and bats.
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From my experience most of the tickets and scorecards, from the 19th century or TOC, that I have acquired or have seen, survived because they were kept in scrapbooks. If they were in a scrapbook they survived and were kept by relatives, otherwise they were thrown away for the most part.