USS MAINE Baseball Team

USS MAINE Baseball Team: © Key West Art & Historical Society
USS MAINE Baseball Team

© Key West Art & Historical Society

Name/Title

USS MAINE Baseball Team

Entry/Object ID

0000.00.1082

Tags

Black/African American/African

Description

Sepia portrait of the USS MAINE Baseball Team with the goat team mascot. The team won the U.S. Navy baseball championship in December 1897, held in Key West, beating a team from the USS MARBLEHEAD, 18-3. William Lambert (back, far right) was the team's best pitcher. Of the eleven shown below, all were killed except for John H. Bloomer (back far left).

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

United States Navy

Collection

Photograph Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1898

Time Period

19th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

10 in

Width

12 in

Condition

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Overall Condition

Fair