Name/Title
DrawingEntry/Object ID
2010.017.0601aDescription
Loose page from a scrapbook album. This album contains newspaper articles and photos having to do with baseball teams and people involved with the teams. They date from early 1900's to 1910 or so.
This is the drawing of a catcher and a goose from the scrapbook page 2010.017.0601. It has been removed to protect it from further deterioration. The drawing relates to the newspaper story of Miss Carrie Schnabel promising to cook the Newcastle team a goose dinner if they won. This page is from 1903.One side has a drawing of a catcher and a duck. The other side has a long article about James Malone Jr wounding a criminal.
The photos that were glued into the scrapbook have been removed to protect them from the acid in the scrapbook pages. The photos are accessioned in the Photo catalogg under the same number as the page but with a letter after the number.Collection
Benicia Art Collection