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Set of Cuban baseball cards issued by unknown publisher
Title
Set of Cuban baseball cards issued by unknown publisher.
Publication
[Cuba] : [publisher not identified], [between 1946 and 1950?]
Physical Description
24 cards (incomplete) : color ; 86 x 63 mm
Local Notes
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 117: Imperfect: Incomplete set that includes only cards A-2, A-4, A-15, C-6, C-7, F-1, F-2, F-4 (2 copies), H-7, L-2, L-6, L-7, L-11, L-13, L-14, L-16, L-18, L-39, L-65, M-4, M-9, M-19, and M-21. From the Richard Merkin papers.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger for incomplete set wanting identifying information.
Description based on incomplete Beinecke Library set.
Cards printed on thin paper.
Each card has an alpha-numeric designation, for example "A-2" or "L-7," that in some cases seems based on the team for which a player plays, but in other cases cataloger cannot determine rationale for letter portion of designation.
Text portions in Spanish.
Summary
Most cards have player's portrait on recto and player's name, brief information about his career, and advertising on verso. Some cards depict baseball scenes rather than individual players.
Format
Images
Language
Spanish
Added to Catalog
May 19, 2016
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Popular culture.
Baseball cards.
Trading cards.
Collecting cards.
Also listed under
Cuba.
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