Details
Creator Magee, John L., artist.
Title The second great match game for the championship, between the Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia and the Atlantics of Brooklyn, on the grounds of the Athletics, Fifteenth & Columbia Avenue, Phila., Oct. 22nd, 1866. [graphic] / Drawn & published by J.L. Magee, S.E. cor. 3rd & Dock Sts. Philada.
Publisher Philadelphia : [J.L. Magee]
Date c1867
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored, pasted onto paper ; 60 x 76 cm. (23.5 x 30 in.)
Description Genre print depicting the Philadelphia Athletics and the Brooklyn Atlantics during a game in the Athletics field at Fifteenth Street and Columbia Avenue. The Brooklyn Atlantics are in the outfield, and an Athletics player positions himself to receive a pitch. In the foreground, two men sit at a table on the sidelines, three sit on chairs and other spectators watch the game, engage in fights, or keep score. In the left background, a low stand crowded with spectators is visible. The park is fenced and surrounded by trees. The names of each player and the umpire, and inning scores are included near the title. Formed in 1860 by James N. Kerns, the Philadelphia Athletics helped establish the National Association of Professional Baseball Players (NA) in 1871.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.2809]
Subject Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)
Brooklyn Atlantics (Baseball team)
Baseball -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Baseball players -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Sports spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Grandstands -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1860-1870.
Genre prints -- 1860-1870.
Location Smithsonian Institution| NMAH Home and Community Life Collection| SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.2809]