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Author Devereaux, Peter, author.

Title Game faces : early baseball cards from the Library of Congress / Peter Devereaux ; preface by Carla D. Hayden ; foreword by John Thorn.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books ; in association with the Library of Congress, [2018]

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  796.357 DEV    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Non Fiction  796.357 DEV    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  796.357 DEVEREAUX    Check Shelf
Description xi, 155 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Devereaux presents rare, colorful baseball cards that celebrate the first decades of the great American sport. Selected from the Library of Congress's Benjamin K. Edward Collection, these cards bring to life an era of American history that saw the game explode in popularity as the sport spread to nearly every corner of the country. In showing a history of sports cards, Devereaux shows the ways the cards have shaped and influenced U.S. culture. -- adapted from back cover.
Contents Baseball cards and popular culture emerge: 1887-1895 -- A monopoly cuts the cards: 1896-1909 -- A trust busted, a dead ball, and the return of the cards: 1909-1914 -- Afterword: Other cards in the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection at the Library of Congress / Phil Michel, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-149) and index.
Subject Baseball cards -- United States -- History.
Baseball -- United States -- History.
Baseball. (OCoLC)fst00827904
Baseball cards. (OCoLC)fst00827967
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Benjamin K. Edwards Collection (Library of Congress), host institution.
Library of Congress, issuing body.
ISBN 9781588346346 (hardcover)
158834634X (hardcover)
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