Philadelphia Cricket Club Collection Bulk, 1935-2011 1858-2011

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Philadelphia Cricket Club Collection Bulk, 1935-2011 1858-2011

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Founded in 1854, the Philadelphia Cricket Club is one of the oldest clubs in the country devoted to sport. The club was nomadic until 1883, when benefactor Henry H. Houston gave them a permanent home in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Cricket Club Collection, 1858-2011, includes financial and administrative records of the club, as well as publications and ephemera, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

22.5 Linear feet

Chestnut Hill Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6328117

Chestnut Hill Historical Society

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Philadelphia Cricket Club

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"Founded in 1854, The Philadelphia Cricket Club is one of the oldest clubs in the country devoted to the playing of games. As the name indicates, the Club was formed by a group of young men of English descent who had played the game while students at the University of Pennsylvania. With the wish to continue to play together after their graduation, they formed the Club under the leadership of William Roach Wistar. If long on enthusiasm for the game they were short on funds and for th...

Houston, Henry H., 1820-1895

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