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The "Herald Ham Nine" baseball team, Boston, 1880

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1880

Location Note

Library and Archives: Geographic: Large: Special: Mass.: Boston Businesses

GUSN

GUSN-190798

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Description

The "Herald Ham Nine" baseball team pose for a group portrait at the South End Grounds in Boston, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

group portraits
sports
baseball (field sport)
teams
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

Project number HNE0050

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.03.TMP.002

Image Dimensions

4 8/16 x 8 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

Herald Ham Nine

Subjects

Sports
Portrait
African American men

Accruals Note

Included in the Boston African Americana Project.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Library and Archives: Geographic: Large: Special: Mass.: Boston Businesses

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