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Baseball Americana

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For the enjoyment of sports fans and photo fans alike, this set of old (old) pictures illustrates how baseball came to be known as the “national pastime” in the United States. You’ll see players...

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[Casey Stengel, full-length portrait, wearing sunglasses, while playing outfield for the Brooklyn Dodgers] (LOC)

[Casey Stengel, full-length portrait, wearing sunglasses, while playing outfield for the Brooklyn Dodgers] (LOC)

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[Three baseball players (boys) wearing Cleveland uniforms] (LOC)

[Three baseball players (boys) wearing Cleveland uniforms] (LOC)

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Amateur championship game, Telling's Strollers vs. Hanna's Cleaners, Brookside Stadium, Sept. 20, 1914, attendance 100,000 (LOC)

Amateur championship game, Telling's Strollers vs. Hanna's Cleaners, Brookside Stadium, Sept. 20, 1914, attendance 100,000 (LOC)

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Harry Wright, man'g, Phila. (LOC)

Harry Wright, man'g, Phila. (LOC)

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Baseball team, Eymard Seminary, Suffern, N.Y. (LOC)

Baseball team, Eymard Seminary, Suffern, N.Y. (LOC)

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Michael J. "King" Kelly (LOC)

Michael J. "King" Kelly (LOC)

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Playing baseball at Madison, New Jersey (LOC)

Playing baseball at Madison, New Jersey (LOC)

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The famous world beaters St. Louis Browns (LOC)

The famous world beaters St. Louis Browns (LOC)

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Ruth knocked out (LOC)

Ruth knocked out (LOC)

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Bachelor Baseball Club (LOC)

Bachelor Baseball Club (LOC)

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[African American baseball team, Danbury, Connecticut] (LOC)

[African American baseball team, Danbury, Connecticut] (LOC)

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[Billy Sunday, Chicago White Stockings, baseball card portrait] (LOC)

[Billy Sunday, Chicago White Stockings, baseball card portrait] (LOC)

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[John J. Evers, Chicago Cubs, baseball card portrait] (LOC)

[John J. Evers, Chicago Cubs, baseball card portrait] (LOC)

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Evers, Chicago Nationals (LOC)

Evers, Chicago Nationals (LOC)

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Metropolitan baseball nine 1882 (LOC)

Metropolitan baseball nine 1882 (LOC)

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[Boston, American League base ball grounds, players and bleachers] (LOC)

[Boston, American League base ball grounds, players and bleachers] (LOC)

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Baseball game, Manzanar Relocation Center, Calif. (LOC)

Baseball game, Manzanar Relocation Center, Calif. (LOC)

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Fourth of July, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Rural filling stations become community centers and general loafing grounds. The men in the baseball suits are on a local team which will play a game nearby. They are called the Cedargrove Team (LOC)

Fourth of July, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Rural filling stations become community centers and general loafing grounds. The men in the baseball suits are on a local team which will play a game nearby. They are called the Cedargrove Team (LOC)

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[Monte Ward, New York Giants, baseball card portrait] (LOC)

[Monte Ward, New York Giants, baseball card portrait] (LOC)

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The Ball Team. Composed mainly of glass workers. Indiana. Aug. 1908. L.W.H. [Lewis Wickes Hine]. (LOC)

The Ball Team. Composed mainly of glass workers. Indiana. Aug. 1908. L.W.H. [Lewis Wickes Hine]. (LOC)

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"The Maine base ball club"--All blown up at Havana except no. 1 J.H. Bloomer (LOC)

"The Maine base ball club"--All blown up at Havana except no. 1 J.H. Bloomer (LOC)

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[African American baseball players from Morris Brown College, with boy and another man standing at door, Atlanta, Georgia] (LOC)

[African American baseball players from Morris Brown College, with boy and another man standing at door, Atlanta, Georgia] (LOC)

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Champions of America (LOC)

Champions of America (LOC)

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