Bibframe Work
TitleBaseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards collectionTypeStill ImageCollectionSubjectBaseball players--United States--1880-1920 (LCTGM)Baseball players--Canada--1880-1920 (LCTGM)Baseball managers--United States--1880-1920 (LCTGM)Baseball--United States--1880-1920 (LCTGM)Baseball--Canada--1880-1920 (LCTGM)Portrait photographs--1880-1920 (GMGPC)Portrait prints--1880-1920 (GMGPC)Group portraits--1880-1920 (GMGPC)Baseball cards--1880-1920 (GMGPC)Cigarette cards--1880-1920 (GMGPC)Photographic prints--1880-1920 (GMGPC)Halftone photomechanical prints--1880-1920 (GMGPC)Chromolithographs--1880-1920 (GMGPC)Noterelated note: Forms part of: Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.SummaryCards depict major and minor league ballplayers (in portraits and action poses), from teams in fifteen identified leagues and seventy-five cities in the United States and Canada. Includes U.S. major league teams from Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, and St. Louis. Minor league teams from the cities of Birmingham, Little Rock, Memphis, Norfolk, Oakland, Providence, Richmond, Shreveport, and Toledo are also represented, as well as Canadian teams from Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Victoria. Stars from the major leagues account for more than three-quarters of the images with such notables as Cap Anson, Dan Brouthers, Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Ed Delahanty, Buck Ewing, Walter Johnson, King Kelly, Christy Mathewson, Joe McGinnity, Rube Waddell, Smoky Joe Wood, and Cy Young. The LOT also includes cards depicting managers of U.S. major and minor league teams, including among others, Connie Mack, John McGraw, and Charles Comiskey.Table Of ContentsAuthorized Access PointBaseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards collectionCollection ArrangementCollection Organization: Organized by issue date and publisher into thirty-six subdivisions representing published card sets (LOT 13163-1 through LOT 13163-36)