Team Photos
Seems as if everyone wants to be a superstar these days. The
phrase “team player” has become almost a backhanded compliment,
on a par with calling someone a “nice guy.” Which is too
bad, because a team with the right blend of skills and “chemistry”
is a truly remarkable thing.
The following collection of photos is a tribute to teams. Some
have won a permanent place in the record books; others are local
legends that hold a place only in the hearts of those who played
for them or cheered them on.
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The Boston Beaneaters, Opening Day, 1886.
Photo courtesy of Prints and Photographs Division, Library
of Congress.
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Baseball Team of the U.S.S. Maine. On
the night of February 15, 1898 the battleship Maine
exploded and went to the bottom of Havana Harbor with heavy
loss of life. The only member of the ship’s baseball
team to survive the explosion was J.H. Bloomer (standing,
left).
Photo courtesy of Prints and Photographs Division, Library
of Congress.
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The Vassar Resolutes Baseball Club, 1876.
Photo courtesy of Special Collections, Vassar College Library.
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Men’s and women’s baseball teams,
Colorado, sometime between 1890 and 1910.
Photo courtesy of Western History/Genealogy Department,
Denver Public Library.
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Albuquerque Indian School Baseball Team, 1911.
Photo courtesy of National Archives-Rocky Mountain Region.
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The 1927 New York Yankees—still considered
to be one of the greatest teams in sports history.
Photo courtesy of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library.
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Pittsburgh Crawfords Baseball Club, Negro National
League Champions, 1935. Photo courtesy of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame Library.
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Japanese-American kids playing baseball while
interned at the the Manzanar (California) Relocation Center
during World War II. Photo courtesy of National Archives,
Still Picture Branch, College Park, Maryland.
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Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947—the first major
league baseball team to include an African-American player—Jackie
Robinson. Photo courtesy of the National Baseball Hall
of Fame Library.
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