Baseball Training Camps
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Description
This amusing and highly stylized pictorial map of the United States emphasizes California and Florida, the primary states hosting Major League Baseball’s spring training camps for the 1949 season. Illustrated vignettes offer a humorous reflection on the fortunes of different teams following the 1948 season, including the struggling Chicago White Sox, the Indians proudly clutching the American League pennant, and the Yankees literally setting their sights on the newly crowned champions.
The map captures baseball at a pivotal post-war moment. The 1948 World Series, won by the Cleveland Indians over the Boston Braves in six games, was historically significant as the first championship series featuring an integrated American League champion, with Larry Doby helping lead Cleveland to its first title. The punchy design was illustrated by Roy Nelson, a cartoonist associated with the Chicago Daily News, Esquire, and Walt Disney. The verso presents a promotional offer for The Sporting News, published by Charles C. Spink & Son.
Map Details
Publication Date: 1948
Author: Nelson
Sheet Width (in): 10.90
Sheet Height (in): 8.40
Condition: B+
Condition Description: Double-sided form letter/map folded into thirds. Toned on the right side an discoloration from old cellophane tape in the margins. Good condition overall.
$325.00
1 in stock