Batter and Catcher, Antique Baseball Real Photo Postcard carved tamper 2 cards per set

2 cards per set

and darker on the back

there is a little wear to the wood around the hips where he is held

5” long x 2” wide  x 5” tall

There is a bit of a tendency of round boxes like this to warp as the wood expands and contracts

Batter and Catcher, Antique Baseball Real Photo Postcard carved tamper 2 cards per setI love the game of baseball, in no small part for the aesthetics of the game, from the geometries of the field to the uniforms to the gestures of the throw and swing and catch. As so of course I fell in love with this photograph, and especially the interplay of these two bodies, the batter standing over a home plate laid in the grass holding his bat low, and the catcher behind him glove raised and torso cocked forward, it appears just having caught a