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Negro Leagues Baseball: Photo Gallery

A virtual exhibit with links to resources related to the history of Negro Leagues Baseball.

Brooklyn Colored Giants Play Here On Friday Night

Fast Pro Club to Meet Kutzt'wn Nine

published in the Kutztown Patriot, July 23, 1931,

copyright: Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

crowd at Schorling's baseball park 1925 photo

A crowd at Schorling's baseball park enjoying the national pastime; Home of Rube Foster's American Giants, 1925

From The New York Public Library

 

negro league pennants

NYC - UES - MCNY - The Glory Days - Negro League Pennants

by Wally Gobetz, July 4, 2007, Creative Commons License

Champions Negro National League, 1935, the Pittsburgh Crawfords photo

Champions Negro National League, 1935, the Pittsburgh Crawfords

From the New York Public Library

 

1945 Jackie Robinson Kansas City Monarchs photo

Jackie Robinson in his Kansas City Monarchs Uniform, 1945

By Kansas City Call newspaper (first publication) - Library of Congress/American Memory/Baseball and Jackie Robinson, Public Domain, Link

1928 St. Louis Stars Championship photo

1928 St. Louis Stars, World's Champions, National Negro League World Series

Courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis

A. P. Martin's Barber College Team vs Vapor City Tigers, Baseball Ad

By John A. Biggs - Publisher - Hot Spring New Era Newspaper - August 14, 1920, Public Domain, Link

The Negro National League annual meeting held in Chicago on January 28, 1922

Unknown author / Public domain

1948 Satchel Paige baseball card

1948 Leroy "Satchel" Paige Baseball Card

Leaf International / Public domain

 

Three Baltimore Black Sox, January 5, 1922

By Unknown author - https://ghostsofbaltimore.org/2014/01/22/negro-leagues-baltimore-black-sox/, Public Domain, Link

1953 Monte Irvin baseball card

Monte Irvin 1953

Bowman Gum / Public domain

Hamtramck Stadium photo

Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck MI Exterior of grandstand

 By Andrew Jameson - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

1931 Josh Gibson photo

Josh Gibson 1931

By Harrison Studio - This file has been extracted from another file: 1930-31 Homstead Grays.jpg, Public Domain, Link

1919 Chicago American Giants photo

By Unknown author - Team publicity photo for 1919 Chicago American Giants baseball team, Public Domain, Link

Weldy Walker's 1888 letter

Letter on racial segregation in baseball written by Weldy D. Walker published in The Sporting Life, March 14,1888

Weldy Walker / Public domain

1907 St. Paul Colored Gophers photo

1907 St. Paul Colored Gophers

Appeal Photographer / Public domain

1953 Larry Doby baseball card

Larry Doby 1953

Bowman Gum / Public domain

1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords

Harrison Studio / Public domain

 

1948 Negro League All Star Game Ticket

NYC - UES - MCNY - The Glory Days - 1948 Negro League

All Star Game ticket

by Wally Gobetz, July 4, 2007,  Creative Commons License 

1940 Boston Tigers photo

1940 Boston Tigers 

Marisa McDaniels / CC BY-SA

 

Effa Manley photograph

Effa Manley at Baseball Hall of Fame

By EricEnfermero - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

2014 Baseball Hall of Fame Negro League Exhibit featuring Josh Gibson

Negro league baseball exhibit at the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014, featuring an image of former player Josh Gibson.

EricEnfermero / CC BY-SA

National Negro Baseball League

National Negro Baseball League

Editorial Digest and Manuscript File

From The New York Public Library

Negro League Emblem

Negro League Emblem

By dbking - 299_9923, CC BY 2.0, Link

ChiUnionGiants 1905

See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons