Photographs of a Baseball Pitch c. 1910

Name/Title

Photographs of a Baseball Pitch c. 1910

Entry/Object ID

2024.9.21

Description

Two black and white photographs showing several men, some in baseball uniforms and some in suits, on a baseball field. There are men, women, and children spectators in the background. In the top photograph a man in a suit is standing on the pitcher's mound, and in the bottom photograph he is throwing a pitch. The two photographs are adhered about 1/8" apart on a black mat, on the back of which is stamped an emblem reading "WM E WEBBER/ COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER/ Willimantic, Conn."

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and white print

Subject

Baseball

Collection

Hill Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Weber, William E

Date made

circa 1910

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Neighborhood

Willimantic, CT

City

Windham, CT

Continent

North America

Region

Northeast

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Stamp

Location

Back of mat

Transcription

WM E WEBBER/ COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER/ Willimantic, Conn.

Language

English

Material/Technique

Ink

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Archives U1-A-3

Category

Permanent

Date

June 18, 2024

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Accumulated by donor's grandparents

Acquisition Method

Donation H,C,C,R Beck

Created By

Kearney, Quinlan

Create Date

June 18, 2024

Updated By

Kearney, Quinlan

Update Date

August 12, 2024