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Summary

Photograph showing 23 men wearing suits, sitting and standing, one holding a baseball bat; they are members of an African American men's baseball team, possibly in Danbury, Connecticut.

Title from Gladstone collection checklist.

Faint photographer's stamp on verso: E.D. Ritton, Photographer, Danbury, Ct.

Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.322).

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Date

01/01/1880
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Contributors

Ritton, Edward David, 1823-1892, photographer
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Location

Danbury (Conn.) ,  41.39472, -73.45389
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on publication.

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