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- CIRCA - 1920s
- SIZE - 1.25 "x 2"
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- PRICE GUIDE - No Sales History
Good - Very Good condition
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The Boston American was a daily tabloid
newspaper published by Hearst Press, in Boston,
Massachusetts, from 1904-1961. The
newspaper's pressrooms were located at
5 Winthrop Square in 1921. In a 1920s
newspaper lottery promotion, "Hearst's
Boston American," as it was known,
issued these serial numbered 1.25 by 2
inch cards to patrons. When your serial
number was published in the sports
section, you won a free ticket to a
Boston Red Sox or Braves home game.
in 1954, another Hearst newspaper publication, The New York Journal
American, held a similar lottery
contest. The paper issued 2 by 4 inch
baseball cards picturing stars of the
New York Giant, Yankees, and the
Brooklyn Dodgers. As with the 1920s
Boston American lottery, a six-digit
serial number was printed at the
bottom. If your player and numbers
appeared in the Journal American, you
won $200.00. The paper gave away $1,000
in cash daily for Lucky baseball cards.
The back of the card reads: "This Card contains a number. Watch
the sport pages of the Daily and Sunday
American for a duplicate number. When
it appears, present this card in person
at American office, 5 Winthrop Square,
and receive a reserve seat for any
American or National League game on the
home grounds., - WATCH THE AMERICAN
SPORT PAGES, Daily and Sunday"
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