19th Century pick ups from April and May...
Since our April attendance at the SABR 19th Century Research Conference in Cooperstown we've added a few new pieces to the collection. Thought I might finally get around to posting and sharing them...
First item is a c. 1860's CDV of a ball player from the Baltimore area. Cursory research has yielded that his uniform is very, very similar to those worn by the Pastimes Amateur Athletic Club that fielded a ball team in Baltimore during the 1860's.
We'll have to do a bit more digging before we can connect him to a specific team, but regardless of identification, the CDV is fantastic piece of early base ball photography...
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