1891 Boston vs Pittsburg Poster

[aelefson]

Thanks guys! Steve, I really appreciate the ancillary information. I never thought about how long of a day that was.
Alan

[prewarsports]

Alan

I have seen or owned maybe 5-10 Railroad flyers (never posters as big as yours) that have advertisements for either Baseball or Football games like yours. However, ALL the ones I have seen or owned have been for College teams though (Harvard/Yale etc.) so having a Professional game advertisement is neat.

Rhys

[baseballart]

Alan

I've seen a few baseball/railway flyers, but all have been from the 1940s or so. I have one from that era (at either St Louis or Cincinnati, as I recall), and I'll try and remember to take a photo. Never seen one that early, and a very cool item.

Max

[jbsports33]

Alan,

I have to say you always find interesting items, large broadside type advertising from the 19th century can be difficult to find. I have seen a few similar to yours for boxing matches. It was common to cross promote with other posters, but many like yours did not survive. Thanks for sharing - very neat poster

Jimmy

[aelefson]

Hi-
Thanks guys! Max I would love to see the 1940s one. Rhys, if you still have an image of the college one could you post it? Thanks again for everyone's help.
Alan

[Rob D.]

Here's one from 1932. It refers to Cleveland's new stadium, which opened in 1931. In addition to it being an early Cleveland Stadium item, I like it because of the mentions of Ruth and Gehrig. It measures 7 x 18.5 inches.

Some excerpts of the text:

Major League Baseball
in Cleveland's Mammoth Stadium
Where 81,184 (world's record attendance) saw the first Major League
game in this giant sports arena. Just a short walk
from The Union Terminal on Public Square.

See the league leading "Yanks" and fighting "Indians" with a galaxy
of sluggers, crack pitchers and expert fielders in the last Sunday battle
of the season between these two teams.


LOOK 'EM OVER -- Ruth, Gehrig, Dickey, Lazzeri, Gomez, Ruffing,
Averill, Porter, Vosmik, Sewell, Morgan, Kamm, Cissell, Harder,
Hildebrand and others.

[aelefson]

Very cool Rob! I also like the stadium photo.