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1913 POCKET KNIFE SEASON PASS
THIS EXTRAORDINARY KNIFE WAS ISSUED AS A SEASON PASS BY THE NEW YORK GIANTS FOR THE 1913 SEASON. ON ONE SIDE OF THE KNIFE IS PRINTED - "POLO GROUNDS THRILLS - FOR YOU - SEASON 1913 - NOT TRANSFERABLE - JOHN T. BRUSH." (THE TEAM OWNER). ON THE REVERSE IS PRINTED NO. 147 MR. WM. T. HODGE. INCORPORATED INTO ONE END OF THE KNIFE IS A STANHOPE LENS WHICH WHEN HELD TO THE EYE DISPLAYS A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE POLO GROUNDS AND THE FOLLOWING INVITATION: BASEBALL EVOLUTION FROM KNOTHOLE TO STADIUM DON'T PEEK - COME IN - BRUSH. THE KNIFE IS THE MOST UNUSUAL SEASON PASS EVER ISSUED AND IS POSSIBLY THE ONLY EXTANT EXAMPLE. MINT CONDITION.[W/40]
THIS EXTRAORDINARY KNIFE WAS ISSUED AS A SEASON PASS BY THE NEW YORK GIANTS FOR THE 1913 SEASON. ON ONE SIDE OF THE KNIFE IS PRINTED - "POLO GROUNDS THRILLS - FOR YOU - SEASON 1913 - NOT TRANSFERABLE - JOHN T. BRUSH." (THE TEAM OWNER). ON THE REVERSE IS PRINTED NO. 147 MR. WM. T. HODGE. INCORPORATED INTO ONE END OF THE KNIFE IS A STANHOPE LENS WHICH WHEN HELD TO THE EYE DISPLAYS A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE POLO GROUNDS AND THE FOLLOWING INVITATION: BASEBALL EVOLUTION FROM KNOTHOLE TO STADIUM DON'T PEEK - COME IN - BRUSH. THE KNIFE IS THE MOST UNUSUAL SEASON PASS EVER ISSUED AND IS POSSIBLY THE ONLY EXTANT EXAMPLE. MINT CONDITION.[W/40]