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- Pitcher W. J. Beebe and Catcher Joseph Reilly, Bergen Point (New Jersey) Athletic Club Baseball Team, 1888-1889 - 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.
- 1888-1889
- Collections - Artifact
Pitcher W. J. Beebe and Catcher Joseph Reilly, Bergen Point (New Jersey) Athletic Club Baseball Team, 1888-1889
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.
- Studio Portrait of a Baseball Player in Uniform, 1885-1889 - Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867, and people soon preferred these photographic prints on cardboard stock to the earlier, smaller cartes-de-visite. American commonly collected and exchanged cabinet photographs through the early 1900s, often to commemorate friends or family. A young man dressed in a baseball uniform posed for this portrait in a Grayling, Michigan, studio in the late 1880s.
- 1885-1889
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Studio Portrait of a Baseball Player in Uniform, 1885-1889
Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867, and people soon preferred these photographic prints on cardboard stock to the earlier, smaller cartes-de-visite. American commonly collected and exchanged cabinet photographs through the early 1900s, often to commemorate friends or family. A young man dressed in a baseball uniform posed for this portrait in a Grayling, Michigan, studio in the late 1880s.
- Round Oak Baseball Club, Dowagiac, Michigan, 1888 - The Round Oak Stove Company in Dowagiac, Michigan, thrived at the turn of the 20th century. Round Oak founder Philo D. Beckwith shared this success with his employees and the surrounding community. Among other philanthropic activities, Beckwith held dances, organized a band, and built a theatre. Here is Dowagiac's semi-professional baseball team, also sponsored by Round Oak.
- May 24, 1888
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Round Oak Baseball Club, Dowagiac, Michigan, 1888
The Round Oak Stove Company in Dowagiac, Michigan, thrived at the turn of the 20th century. Round Oak founder Philo D. Beckwith shared this success with his employees and the surrounding community. Among other philanthropic activities, Beckwith held dances, organized a band, and built a theatre. Here is Dowagiac's semi-professional baseball team, also sponsored by Round Oak.
- Round Oak Baseball Club, Dowagiac, Michigan, 1888 - The Round Oak Stove Company in Dowagiac, Michigan, thrived at the turn of the 20th century. Round Oak founder Philo D. Beckwith shared this success with his employees and the surrounding community. Among other philanthropic activities, Beckwith held dances, organized a band, and built a theatre. Here is Dowagiac's semi-professional baseball team, also sponsored by Round Oak.
- May 24, 1888
- Collections - Artifact
Round Oak Baseball Club, Dowagiac, Michigan, 1888
The Round Oak Stove Company in Dowagiac, Michigan, thrived at the turn of the 20th century. Round Oak founder Philo D. Beckwith shared this success with his employees and the surrounding community. Among other philanthropic activities, Beckwith held dances, organized a band, and built a theatre. Here is Dowagiac's semi-professional baseball team, also sponsored by Round Oak.
- Portrait of a Baseball Player, circa 1880 - Tintypes, the popular "instant photographs" of the 19th century, could be produced in a matter of minutes at a price most people could afford. Tintypes democratized photography. Beginning in the mid-1850s, they gave more people than ever before the chance to have a real likeness of themselves--capturing unique glimpses of how everyday Americans looked and lived.
- circa 1880
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Portrait of a Baseball Player, circa 1880
Tintypes, the popular "instant photographs" of the 19th century, could be produced in a matter of minutes at a price most people could afford. Tintypes democratized photography. Beginning in the mid-1850s, they gave more people than ever before the chance to have a real likeness of themselves--capturing unique glimpses of how everyday Americans looked and lived.
- Entrance to League Park, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1915 (incorrectly identified as "Detroit, Mich.") - Captions can be deceiving. This postcard shows League Park in <em>Cleveland, Ohio</em>, not a baseball park in Detroit, Michigan. League Park was a major league ballpark from 1891 to 1946. Beginning in 1901 the park was home to Cleveland's American League team. The park was rebuilt in 1910. The brick ticket house seen in this postcard still stands.
- circa 1915
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Entrance to League Park, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1915 (incorrectly identified as "Detroit, Mich.")
Captions can be deceiving. This postcard shows League Park in Cleveland, Ohio, not a baseball park in Detroit, Michigan. League Park was a major league ballpark from 1891 to 1946. Beginning in 1901 the park was home to Cleveland's American League team. The park was rebuilt in 1910. The brick ticket house seen in this postcard still stands.
- Baseball Knickers, circa 1930 -
- circa 1930
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Baseball Knickers, circa 1930
- Baseball Shirt, 1950-1959 -
- 1950-1959
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Baseball Shirt, 1950-1959
- Pennant, "Yankees World Champions," 1962 -
- 1962
- Collections - Artifact
Pennant, "Yankees World Champions," 1962
- J. L. Hudson's Advertisement before the 1968 Detroit Tigers/St. Louis Cardinals World Series, "Bye Bye Birdie" - The 1968 World Series pitted the American League champion Detroit Tigers against the National League's St. Louis Cardinals. It was the Cardinals' second consecutive trip to the World Series. Both teams brought stellar pitching to the games. Detroit's Mickey Lolich was named MVP, pitching three complete game victories as the Tigers defeated the Cardinals in seven games.
- October 01, 1968
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J. L. Hudson's Advertisement before the 1968 Detroit Tigers/St. Louis Cardinals World Series, "Bye Bye Birdie"
The 1968 World Series pitted the American League champion Detroit Tigers against the National League's St. Louis Cardinals. It was the Cardinals' second consecutive trip to the World Series. Both teams brought stellar pitching to the games. Detroit's Mickey Lolich was named MVP, pitching three complete game victories as the Tigers defeated the Cardinals in seven games.