Baseball Card

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Baseball Card

Entry/Object ID

2000.45

Description

Paper baseball card showing a black-and-white photograph of a baseball player slightly bent over with his hands on his knees, and his head up looking toward infield. The image is labeled, "LARRY GARDNER / 3rd B. Cleveland". The reverse reads, "This set consists of pictures of 120 of the leading BASE BALL STARS of the AMERICAN AND NATIONAL LEAGUES Made only by NATIONAL CARAMEL COMPANY LANCASTER, PENNA."

Context

William Lawrence "Larry" Gardner of Enosburg, Vermont, played major league baseball from 1908 to 1924 and was a four-time World Series champion.

Acquisition

Accession

2000.45

Source or Donor

Hall, K.A.

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Manufacturer

National Caramel Company

Date made

1922

Place

City

Lancaster

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Card, Baseball

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Card, Collecting

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Card, Documentary

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

3-1/4 in

Width

2 in

Material

Paperboard

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Gardner, William Lawrence (1886-1976)

Related Places

Place

Village

Enosburg Falls

Town

Enosburg

County

Franklin County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America