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[Raleigh Aitchison, Brooklyn NL (baseball)] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • mbouchard58 said:
    Assuming the date (7 May 1914) is correct, this photograph was taken at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia, where the Robins (as the Brooklyn team was called then) beat the Phillies, 6-5. Aitchison was the starting pitcher for Brooklyn (see retrosheet.org and baseball-reference.com)
  • TVL1970 said:
    mbouchard58 Looks like the photo was dated sometime after it was actually taken. Given the outfield configuration, background, wall, and signage (Hunter Whiskey, New York Central System, Ajax Tires, Schweppes, White Rose, etc.), I believe this is actually the Polo Grounds.
  • Art Siegel said:
    yeah, it's identical to the signage in www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5209397538/ which shows the Polo Grounds on opening day of the 1914 season (a Yankees/Athletics) game. Brooklyn had played the New York Giants in the Polo Grounds on May 2, 4 and 6. www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1914/PKL_NYC141914.htm Aitchison is wearing Brooklyn's road grays in the picture, so this must be from that series.

[Ed Reulbach, Brooklyn NL (baseball)] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Floral horseshoe, Brlyn [i.e., Brooklyn] team (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Retired at last said:
    Horse Shoe, not Horse show. Also says BKLY VI(?) TEAM
  • Phillycop said:
    Good eye-Retired
  • Retired at last said:
    @ scentzilla The logo on the shirts matches the one in the wiki entry. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Superbas Given there as being in use 1910 - 1913
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks for the correction Retired at last, I'll forward it to our catalogers to fix. I think the letter after the 'Y' is a backward 'N'. The people at Bain wrote on the back side of the negative in black pen (the letters show up white when the negative's color is reversed). Since they were on the back side they had to write the letters reversed in order for it to show up correctly in the photograph. I guess the writer in this case forgot to flip the 'N'. In some of the Bain negatives, they didn't even try to write backwards so all the text is reversed. I'll ask that they add Brooklyn Team to the title.