Name/Title
Sepia-tone group photo of 1920 Hoboken High School baseball team, Hoboken, 1920.Entry/Object ID
2013.005.0112Description
Sepia-tone group photograph of the Hoboken High School 1920 baseball team posed in photographer's studio, Hoboken, 1920.
6-3/8" high x 8-1/8" wide print on 10" x 12" embossed mount. Photograph taken by Magnus Photo [Rudolf Magnus, Hoboken] with his blind emboss at lower right on print and mount. Contemporary holographic ink identification of players, coaches and principal in lower margin of mount. Reverse is blank.
The team is seen in uniforms and caps with a HHS or H insignia. Dated 1920 in image above catcher's mask and bats. Several are seen holding their gloves. Included in the photo is Principal Joseph F. Brandt, later Superintendent of Schools for Hoboken, for whom Joseph F. Brandt School is named.
Identifications as marked plus the won-lost record for the season:
Back row - Left to Right - Sterken, OF - Saladino, p - Gottlieb, S.S. - Martinez, R.F. - Guaralgia, C.F.
Middle " - " " " - Zatta, SS - Mr. D. Walsh, coach - Mr. J. [Joseph F.] Brandt, prin [principal] - Mr. F. Corrigan, coach - Garibaldi, 2nd B
Front " - " " " - Niels, C - Quilter, 3d B - Boitano, 1B - Cussenik, L.F. - Newbauer, p. (Capt-elect for 1921)
Won - 9 Lost - 7.
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Abbreviations:
C = catcher
p = pitcher
L.F. = left field
C.F. = center field
R.F. right field
OF = outfield, out field or outfielder
1B = first base
2nd B = second base
S.S. or SS = shortshop
3d B = third base
Capt-elect = Captain elect
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Accession
2013.005Source or Donor
Lukacs, ClaireAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2013-05-25
