Photograph of a Baseball Team c.1900

Black and white matted photograph of ten men, nine in baseball uniforms and one in a shirt and tie. Five of the players are standing in line with the man in the tie, four are sitting on the ground in front of them. Everyone in the photograph is light-skinned except for the player at the lower right who is black. There is a handwritten ink inscription on the mat under the photograph and on the right. The top left corner of the mat is missing and there are three pin marks, two in the top and one in the bottom.

Black and white matted photograph of ten men, nine in baseball uniforms and one in a shirt and tie. Five of the players are standing in line with the man in the tie, four are sitting on the ground in front of them. Everyone in the photograph is light-skinned except for the player at the lower right who is black. There is a handwritten ink inscription on the mat under the photograph and on the right. The top left corner of the mat is missing and there are three pin marks, two in the top and one in the bottom.

Name/Title

Photograph of a Baseball Team c.1900

Entry/Object ID

2024.9.40

Description

Photograph of 9 players and their coach, circa 1900. The photo is adhered to a grey mat, on which there is an inscription in pen "photo by Jett / Washington (?)" The top left corner of the mat is missing and there are three pin marks, two in the top and one in the bottom.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and white print

Collection

Hill Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Jett

Role

Photographer

Date made

circa 1900

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 30, 2024

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Accumulated by donor's grandparents

Acquisition Method

Donation H,C,C,R Beck

Created By

Kearney, Quinlan

Create Date

June 30, 2024

Updated By

Kearney, Quinlan

Update Date

August 16, 2024