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Washington Grays Baseball players, January 9, 1947, Griffin [i.e., Griffith] Stadium, Washington, D.C. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• jessamyn west said:

  Thanks so much for this photo - I was able to add it to Wikimedia Commons and from there to the team page and three player pages on Wikipedia.
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Grays
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Leonard
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Carlisle
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wilson_(outfielder)

"Opening Day of 1961 Baseball Season. President Kennedy throws out first ball. Washington, D.C., Griffith Stadium, 04/10/1961."

from U.S. National Archives

• DJ Damian said:

  When it was a game...

[Germany Schaefer, Washington AL (baseball)] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 143 older comments, and then…
• Danny Dawson said:

  That camera is going on my Amazon wishlist right now.

• greg said:

  Everybody needs a volkswagen-sized camera. This is brilliant.

• Richard Wanderman said:

  Wonderful image. I'm so glad the LOC is up here. This is going to be a heck of a lot of fun!

• Kevan Gilbert said:

  This is amazing.

• John Melskens said:

  To carry that camera around all day.... Makes me glad we have digital cameras now.