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Baseball-themed fans were the fad
during the early 20th century. Many
were produced as advertising premiums
given away by various businesses with
their ad on the back. This dual purpose
fan keeps the baseball-fan cool while
keeping score of the game. The front
includes two blank score sheets, home
team on the left, visiting team on the
right. The back of the fan features the
advertisement. Some have surfaced with
the ad on the front.
The top of this circa 1910 die-cut
baseball diamond shape fan features
sepia portraits of sixteen top players
or managers in the game. One from each
of the sixteen Major League clubs. The
American League players, pictured on
the left side are; Germany Schaefer, Bobby Wallace, Billy Sullivan, Hal
Chase, George Moriarty, Harry Lord, Harry
Davis, and Nap Lajoie. The National League
side features; Mickey Doolan, Clark
Griffith, Bill Dahlen, Bill
Sweeney, Frank Chance, Art Devlin, Fred
Clarke, and Roger Bresnahan.
In the center below an image of a baseball and above a catchers mitt is
an image of a woman spectator wearing a
hat; suggestive of the fictional
character Katie Casey, of the 1908 song
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game." The
lower right reads "Copyright 1910 by F.
A. Schneider," and has the publishers
catalog designation 339.
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