The Great National Game: Last Match of the Season, 1884 – Historic Print
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This historic image of The Great National Game: Last Match of the Season, 1884 brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
The Great National Game: Last Match of the Season, 1884
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Its title calls baseball "The Great National Game," a phrase popular in the 1880s, when the sport was shifting from amateur clubs to professional leagues with paid players and regular schedules. The print marks the close of the 1884 season, a time when crowds in the larger eastern cities were growing and newspapers were filling their pages with game results. Pictures like this helped turn the ballpark into a shared public ritual, and they are worth a closer look for what they suggest about the fans who came to watch.
| Original scan | 10,393 × 7,291 px · prints to 35 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02067u |
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