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“1865 Baseball Card Found in Maine to be Auctioned”
[via Yahoo] 1865 baseball card found at Maine yard sale to be sold at auction; only 2 known to exist By Clarke Canfield, Associated Press | Associated Press – Wed, Jan 9, 2013 Associated Press –This...
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Charles Radbourn Giving the Finger, 1886
Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn (top left in the photo) was the first documented public figure photographed “giving the finger.” Nicknamed “Old Hoss”, Radbourn was a pitcher who played 11 seasons in Major...
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“Charley Horse”
The “Charlie” Horse in the game “Operation” (Source) Definition: A charley horse is the nickname given to a cramp or pulled muscle in the leg. The strong muscle cramp can sneak up suddenly and last...
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League logo. Photo credit: Official Website for the AAGPBL The year was 1943. The United States was fully involved in World War II. All over the country...
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Beer Shower at the 1959 World Series
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Chicago Tribune, Ray Gora/San Francisco Chronicle During the October 2nd game of the 1959 World Series, White Sox left fielder Al Smith had an interesting moment. In the fifth...
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Morris Brown College Baseball Players, ca. 1900
Photo Credit: W.E.B. Du Bois/Library of Congress African American baseball players from Morris Brown College, with boy and another man standing at door, Atlanta, Georgia in either 1899 or 1900....
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Alta “Girl Wonder” Weiss
Alta Weiss pitching in a long wool (and heavy) dress and a baseball hat. Photo Credit: Vermilion Views In the early 1900s, four women – Lizzie Arlington, Alta Weiss, Lizzie Murphy and Josie Caruso –...
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Amanda Clement – First Female Umpire
“The Lady in Blue” Umpire Amanda Clement. Photo Credit: National Baseball Hall of Fame Amanda Clement was the first paid women to umpire a baseball game in the United States. Born March 20, 1888 in...
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Herman Schaefer with a 5×7 Press Graflex Camera, 1911
Photo Credit: Library of Congress Herman A. “Germany” Schaefer (1876-1919), one of the most entertaining characters in baseball history, trying out the other side of the camera during the Washington...
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Water Baseball, 1914
The following two photographs are of a group of men playing water baseball in the surf on July 24, 1914. Photo Credit: Library of Congress Photo Credit: Library of Congress
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Balloons with Game Tickets, 1922
Photo Credit: Library of Congress Boys from the Boys Club with captured balloons which were released from White House with tickets attached for a Washington-St. Louis game, 1922.
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Oakland Commuters on opening day, 1903
Photo Credit: California Historical Society Oakland Commuters leaving the Statehouse Hotel for their first PCL game against Sacramento, 1903.
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Babe Ruth knocked out, 1924
Photo Credit: The Library of Congress During the first game of a July 5, 1924 doubleheader with the Senators, Babe Ruth ran into a wall after running after a foul ball. He was knocked out for about...
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George H. W. Bush with Babe Ruth, 1948
Photo Credit: National Archives Future president George H. W. Bush, captain of the Yale baseball team, with Babe Ruth in 1948. The famous ball player is handing Bush the manuscript of his...
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Athletics’ player Matty McIntyre, 1901
Photo Credit: George Eastman House Portrait of Philadelphia Athletics’ baseball player Matty McIntyre as he is running to make a catch in 1901 – the only year he played with the Athletics.
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Carving baseball bats at a factory
Photo Credit: Missouri State Archives In this undated a photograph a man works on a machine that carves wood into shape of baseball bats. This photograph was taken at a baseball bat factory in West...
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Clara Bow and Moon Car, 1926
Photo Credit: Missouri History Museum Actress Clara Bow straddling the hood of 1919 Moon in a baseball uniform in 1926.
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Bureau of Standards determining the liveliness of baseballs, 1938
Photo Credit: Library of Congress Using a newly designed apparatus, the U.S. Bureau of Standards workers are experimenting to determine the relative home-run qualities of American, National and...
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Kids at Briggs Stadium, 1942
Photo Credit: Library of Congress Kids at a ball game at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, August, 1942.
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