Baseball photographs, [ca.1890-1960]

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Baseball photographs, [ca.1890-1960]

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Portraits and action scenes of members of the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, Giants, and other baseball teams including such early teams as the Brooklyn Baseball Club, 1890's. Some folders are organized by name of player and include photos of Lou Gehrig, 1930's-1940's; Babe Ruth, 1930's-1940's; Joe Di Maggio, 1940's-1950's; and others.

4 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6872860

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Brooklyn Eagle

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The miscellaneous negatives are copy negatives made from prints which can be found in either the Brooklyn Eagle Morgue or among the Brooklyn collection photo files. All are Brooklyn Eagle photos and are of Brooklyn scenes or personalities. From the description of Miscellaneous negatives, 1913-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155456898 EAGLE QUILLS, an in-house journal, was published monthly under the auspices of the Eagle Social Welfare Association for the benefit of the...

Brooklyn Baseball Club (Baseball team)

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New York Giants (Baseball team)

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Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941

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Lou Gehrig played his entire career with the New York Yankees (1923-1939). He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. From the description of Letter, [1939-1941]. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 47294733 ...

Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

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George Herman Ruth was born February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland to Katherine and George Herman Ruth Sr. In 1902, Ruth was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, an orphanage and reformatory, at the age of seven to teach him discipline. It was here that he learned to play baseball. He signed a contract with the minor league Baltimore Orioles in 1914. Ruth received his nickname "Babe" when his minor league teammates referred to him as manager Jack Dunn's new babe. He began his ma...

Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)

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DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999

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Joseph Paul DiMaggio was born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, Jr., on November 25, 1914, in Martinez, California. Nicknamed Joltin' Joe DiMaggio, and sometimes called the Yankee Clipper, DiMaggio play his entire baseball career with the New York Yankess from 1936 to 1951. He died on March 8, 1999. From the description of DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10582294 ...

New York Yankees (Baseball team)

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The club that became the New York Yankees started as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901. American League President Ban Johnson wanted a club in New York and, after outmaneuvering the politically influential New York Giants, who did not want a competing team, Johnson moved the Orioles to New York. The first ten years of its existence, the team did not do well, contending for the pennant during only one season. In 1914, Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast Huston purchased the team. This collection da...