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Circa 2012 Ars Longa Pioneers Portraits of Baseball #14 Col. Frank Jones. Colonel Frank Jones, Cmdr of the 31st NY Regiment, former Excelsior of Brooklyn player, and then Treasury official, was pres. of the Washington Nationals in 1867. He had recruited top NY players such as George Wright to create a powerhouse. Their tour of the West, covered by “Father Henry” Chadwick, brought baseball to the national consciousness. A modern creation, collected by those interested in Baseball history without having to pay the price for 19th century material, cards of which many of the subjects don't exist.
Interestingly enough the back, shares the same image as the packs of Ramly Cigarettes.