Broadside advertising a game between the Athletics and Zulu Cannibal Giants

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A broadside advertising a baseball game between the Georgetown Athletics and the original Zulu Cannibal Giants. The broadside has black ink on beige paper. Text at the top reads: [Baseball / Athletics / VS. / The Original / Zulu Cannibal Giants]. The center of the broadside has a cartoon that depicts the stereotypically caricatured players from the Zulu Cannibal Giants crossing the Atlantic Ocean from Africa with bats shaped like clubs. Line-ups for the teams are printed on either side of the cartoon. Text at the bottom reads: [Sunday, June 22nd / Moss Park / Georgetown, Kentucky / Game Called 3 P.M. Admission: 60¢ (Incl. Tax)]. The back of the document is blank.

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