Midland Park, Staten Island, New York N.Y. -- photographs
Staten Island, New York N.Y. -- photographs -- 1910-1920
Date:
1919.
Scope and Contents:
Panoramic silver gelatin print, showing over one hundred men, women, and children posed in rows. Many of the men wear straw hats, and a baseball bat lies in the foreground.
Biographical / Historical:
No information about company available at this time, except for what may be determined from the photograph. The donor indicated that her great-grandfather is shown in the photograph. The "employees' outing" or picnic was held at Midland Park, Staten Island, New York, August 9, 1919.
Provenance:
Collection donated by Donna Bouchery, 1986, March 4.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
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Extent:
0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Newspapers
Photographs
Date:
1909-1972
Summary:
Collection documents major-league baseball players, circa 1909-1912, through photographs and newspapers.
Scope and Contents:
Numerous posed "action" photographs of American and National League baseball players, several group team photographs and portraits of several major league executives are included. The photographs are reprints of supplements to "The Sporting News" publications, 1909-1912.
Newspapers from 1909 report the controversy over the "discovery" in the previous year of the North Pole by Frederick A. Cook, an American explorer. Cook's claim was declared a hoax by Commander Robert A. Peary of the U.S. Navy, who reached the pole himself in 1909.
Several copies of the Amaroc News published by the American Army of Occupation in Germany shortly after World War I are also part of the collection.
Newspapers from 1961 report Roger Maris hitting his 60th home run in that year and 1972 papers report Stanford's victory over Michigan in the Rose Bowl.
Provenance:
Collection donated to the Archives Center on July 21, 1986 by Bill Hoak of Fresno, California "in memory of Daniel Ray Hoak."
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Baseball players -- Photographs -- 1900-1920 Search this
The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of an Omaha powwow near Macy in Thurston County, Nebraska. Included are images of dancers, riders on horseback, tipis and tents, individuals and groups of people, and the surrounding area. Additional photographs include images of Thomas Sloane and other individuals, and a photogaph of what appears to be an Omaha baseball team, possibly at the powwow.
Biographical/Historical note:
Anna Sophia Telkamp Sloan (1869-1960) was an amateur photographer. She grew up in Ohio and Missouri and in 1890 married Thomas Louis Sloan, a Native American rights activist and attorney, and a member of the Omaha tribe.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 151
Restrictions:
Original glass negatives are not available for access without special permission.
Cover includes inset reproduction of a photograph of a young woman wearing a bonnet and holding a parasol, with text at bottom, "Trixie Friganza." Published by the York Music Co., Albert von Tilzer, Mgr. Printed in black and aqua.
Local Numbers:
01030019.tif (AC Scan)
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Baseball -- Songs and music -- 1900-1910 Search this
