1885 GOODWIN ACTOR NEWSBOY CABINET PHOTO, PRESENTER SILVER BASEBALL TO CAP ANSON

Description: Sepia toned cabinet photo from the Newsboy Tobacco series showing the actor Nathaniel Carl (Nat) Goodwin who presented a solid silver league ball to Cap Anson in 1885 when Chicago won the pennant. This historical photo is card # 50 from the N-566 series that was issued circa 1890's by The National Tobacco Works which was located on Broadway in New York City, N. Y. The card measures 6 1/2 inches by 4 1/4 inches. There is some wear & a few small scuffs at the corners. Please examine the clear photos that we have provided & purchase based on your own opinion as to the condition of the cabinet photo. The following information is from Wikipedia: Nathaniel Carl Goodwin was born on 25 July 1857 & died on 31 January 1919. He was an American actor & vaudevillian born in Boston. While a clerk in a large shop he studied for the stage & made his first appearance in 1874 at the Howard Anthenaeum in Boston in Stuart Robson's company as the newsboy in Joseph Bradford's Law in New York. It is an interesting irony that his photo appears on a Newsboy cabinet card & the first part that he played was as a newsboy. The next year he appeared at Tony Pastor's Opera House in New York City where he began his career as a vaudevillian. In 1876 he appeared at the New York Lyceum in Off the Stage where he imitated a number of popular actors of the period. In 1878 he co-founded the Boston Elks Lodge, & his association with the lodge & that of the manager in the 1880's, George W. Floyd, would change baseball history, giving us arguably the first role of an agent in baseball history. Floyd, in particular, would serve as a go-between, starting in 1887, between the management of the Boston National League club, the Beaneaters, and its newly signed star, Mike "King" Kelly. In 1889 Goodwin became a member of the governing committee of the newly created Actors' Amateur Athletic Association of America. When Kelly & his teammates won the pennant in 1885, Goodwin & Floyd treated the Chicago team to a performance of "The Skating Rink" at Hooley's Theatre in Chicago. After the overture the orchestra played "See the Conquering Hero Comes" as Mr. Floyd conducted the eleven Chicago players to their boxes with Cap Anson the captain & manager in the lead. After the first act Nat Goodwin presented Cap Anson with a solid silver facsimile of a League ball. A hit in the burlesque Black-eyed Susan led to Goodwin's taking part in Rice & Goodwin's Evangeline company. It was at this time that he married Eliza Weathersby an English actress with whom he played in B. E. Woolf's "Hobbies". It was not until 1889 that Nat Goodwin's talent as a comedian of the legitimate type began to be recognized. From that time he appeared in a number of plays designed to display his drily humorous method, such as Brander Matthew's & George H. Jessop's "A Gold Mine", Henry Guy Carleton's "A Gilded Fool and Ambition", H. V. Esmond's "When We Were Twenty-one", & others. He also found success in more serious works such as Augustus Thomas's in "Mizzours" & Clyde Fitch's "Nathan Hale". Until 1903 he was associated in his performances with his third wife, the actress Maxine Elliott whom he married in 1898. This marriage was dissolved in 1908. From 1905 to 1910 he patterned with Edna Goodrich in a string of comedy hits. Goodwin & Goodrich were married from 1908 to 1911. A chance trip to Goldfield, Nevada to witness a prize fight led to Goodwin's involvement in promoting mining stocks in association with George Graham Rice. Goodwin dissolved his partnership with Rice shortly before Rice was arrested for mail fraud. Goodwin acted in a number of films between 1912 & 1916. He died in New York City from shock after having his right eye removed. He was buried at Milton Cemetery in Milton, Massachusetts. At the time of his death he was deeply in debt, with his estate listing assets of $6,895. & debts of $15,000. The reference number for this item is #5331. Shipping is free only to addresses within the U.S. The shipping quote to locations outside of the U.S. is an estimate and the actual cost may differ. International Buyers – Please Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility.Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying.

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Location: Lampeter, Pennsylvania

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