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Old 11-14-2022, 06:48 PM
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Weston's Between the Acts card is among the rarest of all.

No PSA
Only 2 SGC
(Image from Worthpoint)

Pedestrianism was a huge sport in the 1800s before baseball hit its stride, with competitions in Madison Square Gardens. And Weston was one of its pioneers.

https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.c...pedestrianism/

The peds featured in regular write-ups in The New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/1878/09/30/a...cement-of.html
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