23.06.17

Postcard, Photographic

1916

5 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white postcard photograph of a baseball game in action being played in a pasture; many spectators in background standing behind split rail fencing; some men sitting in foreground; noted in pencil on backside, "July 4, at Jerome's 1916"; all individuals unidentified.

A collection of 40 photographs donated by James Barber, Janesville, Minn.; all but one photograph were taken by his father, Benny C. Barber, also of Janesville; Bennie was the son of Permelia Pitman and George B. Barber; Permelia was the daughter of Leman Pitman and the sister of William Pitman.