Chalkboard promotional item (1888? no artist listed) with a depiction of Baltimore's Newington Park. The reverse side contains a Little Rascalsesque mish-mash of odd spellings and confusing information. Hugh Daily never played for the Lords. Alphonsus T. Houck owned and managed the ballpark but not the team. I've always questioned the authenticity of these two pieces BUT the clubhouse in the upper right does somewhat match period descriptions. If it is real, it'd date from at least 1888 when the Orioles were playing at Oriole Park #1 (Huntingdon Avenue). The last pic is the only depiction of Newington from around 1870 right before the Lord Baltimore's started playing there. Strange thing is... The 1882 Baltimore Base Ball Club played at Newington, BUT they were NOT the Orioles. The 1882 team was scuttled at the end of the season because they were terrible and financially unstable and replaced with a new team for 1883 that was owned by Billy Barnie and A.T. Houck. From 1881-1883 Baltimore hosted the Oriole Celebration (a big Mardi Gras) and Houck rented Newington out for it and then named his new team the Orioles. The Orioles never actually played at Newington, so why are they depicted as such? Real or fake - what do you think?