October 8, 1925. "Patent Office. Original baseball patented 1883 by S.D. Castle." National Photo Company Collection glass ... Cemetery: his obituary (PDF) .
The original baseball, patented in 1883 by Samuel D. Castle, was found in the patent office ...
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- the time (9:25 - presumably in the morning)
- baseball cards
- WWI photos
- presumably family photos
- a group photo (likely the company from WWI)
- more baseball cards
- photos of various buildings
- and yes, more baseball cards ...
... View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
Baseball I just can't wait for the season to begin. Thanks for posting these ... Cooper , a journalist and fan of the "deadball" era of baseball and the Chicago White Sox during the early years of the past century. ...
October 1912. Washington, D.C. "Baseball, Professional. Electric scoreboard." A close-up of the "baseball game reproducer" from the previous post showing results of the 1912 ... "TV off! Use your imagination!"
I still "watch" baseball in this manner (at work when I'm not investing company time on ...
... 148 Street next to the river where we played football and baseball? Today it's state of the art, at least compared to what we played on. ... and maybe 200 lbs. and a very good athlete -- basketball, baseball and could hold his own on a basketball court. I remember speaking to ...
... the Yankees 5-1. A demonstration of the 1920s mania for baseball (and the straw boater), at just about the time radio was making ... the Eastern League on September 18.
Optimism about a baseball season in Washington this spring is the highest it's been since, well, ...
"Washington baseball, 1924." The broadcasting cage at Griffith Stadium in the early days of ... to get away with such an arrangement today.
Visions of baseball in 1924 This from a Washington Post article from last year... ... a telegraph.
Ronald Reagan told stories about "live" baseball broadcasts in the 1930s where in the studio he narrated the ...
A baseball card for Adrian C. Anson, first baseman for the Chicago White ... known this is, but this photo illustrates the fact that baseball cards were originally introduced in cigarette packs in order to keep ... do I get to the Susquehanna Hat Company?"
Blowing Up A Baseball Card To The Size Of A Poster By my estimation, the "Full Image" ...
... Coleman scoreboard is in reality a small stage set as a baseball diamond. Mechanical figures clothed in actual uniforms of the rival ... 20's version of ESPN.com Gamecast or MLB.com Gameday.
Baseball Reenactments At least during World Series contests back in the ...
"Indoor baseball, both from a spectacular point of view and from the benefit and ... Owosso, Mich., West-Side Indoor Base Ball Team." Indoor Baseball, said to have been invented in Chicago in 1887, eventually moved ... softball. The 1919 Encyclopedia Americana entry for Indoor Baseball specifies a hall at least 40 by 50 feet in size for play. Two ...
Suffern, N.Y., circa 1910. "Baseball team, Eymard Seminary. Eymard scored in the top of the 12th to beat ... don't see a lot of people wearing neckties while playing baseball anymore.
Baseball seminarians? Wow, these fellows sure don't look happy about it! ...
... it. I have found no local records concerning an Excelsior baseball team. View full size.
Found Excelsior link It's possible ... Powerplant in Whatcom County and was part of the camp baseball team, or worked at the Excelsior gold mine and was on their team. My ...
... Dodgers What kind of a name is "Dodgers" for a baseball team? Back when electric streetcars were first introduced to Brooklyn, ... the early years there were quite a few related deaths. The baseball team eventually adopted the nickname. The full story is here .
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... Record building and its "electric score board" of baseball results. (Set up to show runs and innings in Roman numerals?!) 8x10 ... but here's the box score for that day:
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=190907170...
Of all ...
"Young man in dormitory room." More baseball cards. Our cadet/orderly/cook has calendars for 1910 and 1911 on the ... those shelves aren't very wide. There looks to be more Baseball cards on the shelf above.
I'm not sure if that's a toothbrush ... in the olden days, they called it a mirror. - Dave]
Baseball cards! It's too early for the Babe, but there could be a Ty Cobb ...
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The Old Ballgame Are those guys playing baseball in the lower right? They're spread out like they're playing something ... we can only guess our batter is not a pull hitter.
Baseball? Good catch. Who's on second?
This is why we look at the Shorpy ...
Circa 1895. "Hasamaear, Washington baseball." Fan favorite William "Roaring Bill" Hasamaear keeps his eye on the ... D.C. View full size.
Roaring Bill According to Baseball Reference his name is listed as William Hassamaer. He was 6 feet tall, ...
... nifty ESPN smart phone app? When you can get the latest baseball scores posted on the roof of a building!
Smokestacks and Spires ... the first church on the left there's a partial view of a baseball scoreboard showing the Tigers and the White Stockings. That's how ...
... 'class photo' style of the teams playing an early century baseball game. The game appears to have taken place at the Medfield State Hospital (see scoreboard), between Medfield Baseball club and the USS Georgia.
The outfits of the players, band, and ...