"The Steele Box" - 1880's / 1890's Baseball

[Mforder]

Apparently the baker in town was also the grounds keeper for baseball games. If you think about it a lot of this was done by hand and no power mower. One thing to note. Some claim that the word "mowing" was not used back then for this type of application. The receipt as far as I can tell says otherwise.

[Mforder]

Receipt for Keef baseballs. At $1.25 they weren't cheap for those days.

[Mforder]

The receipt has 3 different items on it. I can make out the first two but I am not sure what the last says.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Mforder

The receipt has 3 different items on it. I can make out the first two but I am not sure what the last says.

It may be odd, but I think this one is pretty funny.

500 bills and flyers, but only 40 tickets printed.

Optimism in the "lets advertise the heck out of these games" and yet pessimism..
"Don't make more than 40 tickets, nobody is coming to the games anyway"

[Mforder]

Originally Posted by steve B

It may be odd, but I think this one is pretty funny.

500 bills and flyers, but only 40 tickets printed.

Optimism in the "lets advertise the heck out of these games" and yet pessimism..
"Don't make more than 40 tickets, nobody is coming to the games anyway"

That is funny. Didn't think of it as I was reading the billhead but you are right. I have to wonder if the baseball field even had benches of small beaches now that you said that.