Pitcher W. J. Beebe and Catcher Joseph Reilly, Bergen Point (New Jersey) Athletic Club Baseball Team, 1888-1889

THF94406 / Pitcher W. J. Beebe and Catcher Joseph Reilly, Bergen Point (New Jersey) Athletic Club Baseball Team, 1888-1889

THF94407 / Pitcher W. J. Beebe and Catcher Joseph Reilly, Bergen Point (New Jersey) Athletic Club Baseball Team, 1888-1889 / back

Artifact Overview

The pitcher and catcher are key players on any baseball team. This circa 1888 photo shows the battery of Beebe and Reilly -- probably W. J. Beebe and Joseph Reilly -- of the Bergen Point Athletic Club. The New Jersey-based club was an Amateur Baseball League powerhouse in the metropolitan New York City area in the late 1880s.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1888-1889

Subject Date

1888-1889

Creators

Charles D. Fredricks & Co.

Place of Creation

United States, New York, New York

Collection Title

Research Center General Photograph Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

00.1307.23

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Cardboard

Technique

Mounting

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in

Keywords	United States, New Jersey, Bergen Point Photographic prints Photographs Studio portraits Baseball (Field sport) Baseball players Catchers (Baseball) Pitchers (Baseball) Beebe, W. J. Reilly, Joseph Bergen Point Athletic Club Bergen Points (Baseball team)