The game has always been tracked in the press, from the New York Clipper to Baseball Magazine, and The Sporting News.
Also tagging along with the history of the game is the history of American culture, which is usually presented in small and large advertisements. Because these speak so much to our past I’m going to throw a few up now and then for laughs, giggles and reflection, some involve the game and some not so much. We’ll see stars pitching products and we’ll see how far we’ve come in some aspects… like the first one we’ll throw up from 1939.
I wonder what Will Carroll would say about this?
Back in 1889, being a man and electricity went hand and hand.
Fashion was not an unknown back in 1913, this is evidenced by George Moriarty’s fashionable collar.
Of course what sports rag wouldn’t have an occasion mention of the males need to shave?
Last but not least, if most kids were like me they spent more time looking at these type of ads, then the above.
