A 4"x5" acetate negative, 1973 copy of a photograph of the 1916 David City baseball team, David City, Nebraska. The thirteen players and their manager are lined up on the lawn next to the brick sidewalk, in front of the stone and brick Butler County Courthouse with women spectators in the background sitting on the Courthouse steps. The players are standing single file with their hands on their hips, wearing stripe baseball uniforms with D.C. on the chests, a variety of knee-hi socks and shoes, with a variety of baseball caps. The manager is standing at the end of the row wearing dark pants, white shirt, dark bow tie and felt hat. The women on the steps are wearing a variety of long-sleeve dresses with hats.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
0UU01690000
Source
Original format: 4"x5" Acetate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
The players have been identified as follows (Left to Right): Chink Kindler; Deek Myers; Toots Kichner; Frank Kindler; Pete Marshall; Levi Knapp; Fred Pickering; Adolph Pesek; George Ball; Unidentified; Bill Schaumbert; Unidentified; Unidentified; Al Bahr.
