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Lot 317

[WOMEN?S BASEBALL--PHILADELPHIA]. Twelve early photographs ...

Estimate: $200 - $300

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[WOMEN?S BASEBALL--PHILADELPHIA]. Twelve early photographs of a women?s baseball game. Philadelphia: H.D. Jones, ca. 1910s. A dozen photographs depicting women baseball players, members of the Fairhill Methodist Episcopal team, including images of at-bats, pitching, fielding, team photos, and others. A contemporary piece of paper the prints were folded in is annotated: ?Men vs. women at opening of Belfield Country Club.? In one image, the women hold Fairhill flags; same image annotated in pencil, ?Fairhill M.E. Church Baseball Nine.? Generally 4 x 5 ??. Hand-stamps and pencil notations on versos.