Displayed is a rare, charming plate, entitled "Detroit's First Baseball Park, issued in 1931 for Detroit's Golden Jubilee. The first ballpark used for professional baseball in Detroit was Recreation Park. Its location was usually described as on the corner of Brady and Brush Streets. Recreation Park was completed in 1879 and it housed a minor league team for two seasons. On May 2, 1881, the first Major League baseball game was played in Detroit at Recreation Park as the Detroit Wolverines, of the National League, played their first home game. The Wolverines used Recreation Park from 1881-88 and won the 1887 NL pennant and World Series while using Recreation Park as their home field. The Detroit Tigers, of the American League, used Bennett Park, Briggs Stadium/Navin Field, and Commerica Park as the team's home fields. The Detroit Stars, playing in the Negro Leagues, used Dequindre Park, Hamtramck Stadium, and Mack Park as their home parks. The plate is 10.4" in diameter. The plate depicts fashionably dressed couples attending a game. Four approximately four inch areas, depict four modes of transportation: canoe, boat, train, and car. Four small circles, about 1.25" in diameter, depict various farm scenes and an industrial scene and the Detroit City Seal. Imprinted on the plate is: "Detroit's First Baseball Park." The baseball park itself shows a wooden outfield fence and wooden decks, stairs and benches. The visuals on the plate tell a pictorial history of early Detroit and its first professional ballpark. The gorgeous plate is over nine decades old, and it is in excellent condition.