This same image is from a Harper’s 1874 woodcut depicting the Red Stockings and Athletics during their England tour. I think there’s also an identical woodcut in the Illustrated London News. It was not uncommon for identical images to be used in newspaper publications, cigar labels and other formats. This particular image is a much smaller format and appears to be a color lithograph not a woodcut. I’m going to be in the minority here but I think it’s original to the cigar box. If this came from a publication, it would have other indicators and I have never seen a ‘REGISTERED IN THE U.S. PATENT OFFICE’ reference on any 19th century newspaper publication.
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Looking for any non-Harper baseball woodcuts
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