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"Three Old Cat" - A Baseball Game
The game of "three old cat" was played on a triangular field and had three strikers.
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1743 Boxing Illustration

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18th Century Badminton
The First Worcester Edition of A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master Tommy, and Pretty Miss Polly includes this picture and description of eighteenth-century Shuttle-cock (more commonly known today as badminton). Click on the image to view an expan...
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1932 The Depression's Worst Year

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19th-Century Baseball
In the early days of Baseball, the balls were light-weight and dark-colored, like the one depicted in this picture.
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A Pretty Little Pocket-Book for American Children
The original book - A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, intended for the Amusement of Little Master Tommy, and Pretty Miss Polly - was published in London (in 1760), then republished (for American children) by Isaiah Thomas (in 1787). This image is a picture of the republished book, known as The First Wor...
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Adrian "Cap" Anson
Photo of Adrian "Cap" Anson in his Chicago Cubs uniform. 
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Ads on Prang's Cards

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Aerial View of Altis at Olympia

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Aerial View of Athens

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