1905 PITTSBURGH PIRATES SEASON TICKET, PASS AND SCORE CARD

This blog focuses on a season pass and scorecard, all issued by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1905.  The games for this year were played in Exposition Park III.  Barney Dreyfuss owned the team.  While the word “President” is underneath his name on the season pass reflected on this page, his title is abbreviated “Prest” on the on the…

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1901 CINCINNATI REDS SEASON PASS

 ISSUES TO MR. AND MRS. H. (HARRY). N. HEMPSTEAD, SIGN BY JOHN T. BRUSH. This pass is from the extensive collection of my good friend Howard Haimann. It is one of the most significant major league baseball passes I have ever seen for the following reasons: There few existing passes from 1901 so this pass…

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1946 BROOKLYN DODGERS-ST. LOUIS CARDINALS PLAYOFF

The 1946 National League pennant race was a nail-biter right to the end of September. Brooklyn played well throughout the campaign and the season ended in a tie with the St. Louis Cardinals–both teams won 96 and lost 58.  This was the first ever tie-breaker in Major Legue Baseball.  The first game was played at…

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1954-1956 BROOKLYN DODGERS ELSIE DAY TICKETS

In a promotional agreement between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Borden, special tickets were issued to children (the tickets specifically say “Not for Adults”) for the years 1954, 1955, and 1956 (if you have seen Elsie Day tickets for other years, please let me know).The tickets provided the holder access to the Grandstand at the “Press…

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1898 BROOKLYN SEASON PASS AT WASHINGTON PARK

This pass is from the 1898 Brooklyn National League baseball club. It is one of the most significant major league baseball passes I have ever seen.  Here is some interesting information about the 1898 team: This is the first year that Charles Ebetts name appears on season passes because the team founder, Charles Byrne, passed…

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1896 BROOKLYN PRESS PASS AT EASTERN PARK

This press pass is from the 1896 Brooklyn National League baseball club. It is one of the most significant major league baseball passes I have ever seen.  Here is some interesting information about the 1896 team: There few existing pre-1900 passes so this pass is special because of its age.  It is also in fantastic…

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Willard Mullin, Cartoonist

Willard Mullin, born of Quaker parents on a farm in Ohio, grew up in Los Angeles. There he went directly from high school in 1920 to learn lettering in a shop that made signs for a department store. He got his first newspaper job doing illustrations for the Los Angeles Herald and soon after turned…

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Light Bulb Tickets for 1938 Night Games

MacPhail created special tickets for the seven games under the lights in 1938, with the top of the tickets shaped like a light bulb. Tickets from five of the seven games are shown here. Other than tickets for the 1913 opening day at Ebbets Field and the debut ticket for Jackie Robinson at Ebbets Field…

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