Name/Title
Photo of West End Bazaar baseball team and family group, c. 1897Entry/Object ID
2013.5.1Description
Acc. No. 13.5.1 A, B
Subject Category: Sports, baseball
Date or Period: circa 1897
Object: Photograph
Description: Black and white photo with a matte finish, double-mounted and unsigned. The subject is a group photograph. Side A: baseball team; Side B: a family group.
Size: L-12 1/2” x W-16”
History of Object:
Side A: Shows a baseball team with a canine mascot of teen-age players of the West End Bazaar team. Included in the image is a group of 13 boys and one adult male, possibly the coach or a sponsor. In the background is a banner with the following message, "West End Bazaar Baseball Club Amateur Champions of Alameda County 1897. Presented by the Management of the Alameda B.B. Park."
Side B: shows an unidentified family grouping.
Acquired from: Chuck Millar, Alameda
Date: 01/12/2013
