| Title: | Excelsior Club |
| Description: | Caption: "The championship 1860 baseball team of the old Excelsior Club which achieved distinction by beating the Alll Philadelphians. Number 3 is James Creighton, called the first man ever to pitch a curve ball. To the right of him (4) is Henry D. Polhemus, founder of the Long Island College Hospital. Other members of the team are (1) Thomas Reynolds, (2) John C. Whiting, (5) A. T. Pearsall, (6) Edward Russell, (7) Joseph B. Leggett, (8) Asel Brainard, and (9) George H. Flanly." |
| Date: | 1932 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| More Details: |
Date inscribed on verso: Aug. 6/32. Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Clubs [3]
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| Subject: |
Athletic clubs [4] Baseball teams [5] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. Portraits. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library. |
| ID: | CLUB 0031 |