Matthew, do you have a favorite item in the book?

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Suddenly, the item itself will become an "open book" sending and receiving information.

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In its book "Baseball Americana, " the Library of Congress calls the item the first dated baseball card, handed out to supporters and opposing teams in a gesture of bravado from the brash Brooklynites, who were dominant and won their league championships in 1861, 1864 and 1865.

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