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Grounds and club-house of the Belmont Cricket Club, at Elmwood 58th St. and Darby Road Philadelphia. [graphic].
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Creator
Kurtz, Horatio I.
Title
Grounds and club-house of the Belmont Cricket Club, at Elmwood 58th St. and Darby Road Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia: Drawn and published by H. I. Kurtz
Date
[1885]
Physical Description
1 print: chromolithograph; 38 x 50 cm.(15 x 19.5 in.)
Description
Bird's eye view showing the grounds of the club founded in 1874 in West Philadelphia. In the center of the fenced-in grounds, members engage in a cricket match in front of the club house and an auxiliary building. Clusters of spectators watch the match and arrive by foot, coach, wagon, and bicycle. In the left, a bowler practices his throw in a netted area. In the background, people engage in matches on a series of tennis courts separated from the cricket field by a row of trees. Trees, a red brick building, dirt roads, and pastures surround the grounds. A horse-drawn buggy and street car travel around the club and a locomotive passes nearby. Also contains insets showing the "Field View of the Club House" and a "Lawn Tennis" doubles match. Belmont, one of the four chief Philadelphia cricket clubs, disbanded in 1914.
Notes
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 101
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 03 B 451
Inscribed on verso: E. R. Jones 3-14-1913.
Subject
Belmont Cricket Club.
Cricket -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Bird's eye views -- 1880-1890.
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bb 03 B 451
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