The 2016 Major League Baseball season started precisely two calendar month ago , which means this is the time of year for hotdogs , fly balls , and reminiscing about the celebrated histories of our beloved teams . after this month , The Metropolitan Museum of Art will open an exhibition for fans of America ’s ( original ) favorite interest that takes a look back at the early days of the play . Titled " The Old Ball Game : New York Baseball , 1887–1977 , " the expo will feature almost 400 rarefied baseball cards from New York teams , including long - proceed franchises like the New York Metropolitans , New York Giants , and the Brooklyn Bridegrooms .
According to apress releasefrom the museum , most of the cards in the exhibition are from the Jefferson R. Burdick Collection , the " largest and most comprehensive accumulation of American swop cards ever assembled in private in the United States , " and they only constitute a fraction of the 300,000 detail that Burdick donated to the museum in the mid-20th century . Highlights from the show include ikon like Lou Gehrig , Babe Ruth , and Bob Meusel , and more recent legends including Joe DiMaggio , Mickey Mantle , Yogi Berra , Jackie Robinson , and Reggie Jackson .
The exhibition open up to the public on June 10 and will run through October 20 . entry to the expo is free with museum accession . Here are just a few of the featured visiting card .
go forth by the American Tobacco Company . Christopher Mathewson , New York Giants , National League
Issued by Goodwin & Company . Albert John " Doc " Bushong , Catcher , Brooklyn
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company , American , North Carolina . Photographic copyright , The Pictorial News Co. Brooklyn Dodgers , National League
Issued by Goodwin & Company . Buck Ewing , New York
Goodwin & Company . Connor , 1st Base , New York
come forth by American Tobacco Company . Keeler , New York , American League
image good manners of The Metropolitan Museum of Art // The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection
