Showing posts with label baseball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baseball. Show all posts

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Early Photo of the Colonial Courthouse Building in Williamsburg, Virginia (1870's)

 

Portrait of a group posing in front of the colonial Courthouse building in Williamsburg, Virginia, c. 1870s. Another group appears to be practicing their baseball skills in the background at right. Taken by photographer D. H. Anderson and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: New York Public Library.

Friday, April 11, 2025

Photo of a Group of Baseball Players as Another Group Poses As If Playing a Baseball Game Behind Them in St. Charles, Missouri (1870's/1880's)

 

Portrait of a group of baseball players as another group poses behind them as if playing a game in St. Charles, Missouri, c. 1870-1890. Taken by photographer Rudolph Goebel and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: Missouri Historical Society.

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Friday, February 19, 2016

Saturday, August 29, 2015

Two Views of People Playing Baseball at Central Park in New York City (1860's)



Two views of people playing baseball at Central Park in New York City, c. 1860's. Numerous players and spectators are visible and possibly two games are being played. By Charles Warren Woodward or Gustavus W. Pach. Animated stereoviews.

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Friday, December 19, 2014

Group Portrait of Members of the Brooklyn Atlantics Baseball Club (1865)



Group portrait of members of the Brooklyn Atlantics baseball club, c. 1865. The Library of Congress calls it the first dated baseball card. By Charles H. Williamson.

Source.
Yahoo News article.