[John M. Ward, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]: History and Collection Facts

[John M. Ward, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]: Catalogue date: 1887.. Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Medium: 1 print : chromolithograph..

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Catalogue description

Card shows John Montgomery Ward (1860-1925), American Major League Baseball star pitcher, shortstop, and manager. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Collection details

Catalogue date: 1887.
Original format: Photo, print, drawing
Medium: 1 print : chromolithograph.
Language: English
Collection: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Call number: LOT 13163-01, no. 6 [P&P]
Catalogue subjects: Ward, John Montgomery,--1860-1925
Named contributors: Allen & Ginter — sponsor

Catalogue notes

Baseball card title devised by Library staff.
Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
For more information about this collection, see http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.bbc

Sources and reuse

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