23.06.18

Postcard, Photographic

1912

Baseball Team in Action. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2 x 4 5/8". Description: black and white postcard photograph of some unidentified baseball players; foreground figure throwing or catching ball; to the right is a player wears a baseball uniform with a "J" on front, likely a Janesville player; lower right corner has initials B.C.B. '12 for Bennie C. Barber 1912, the photographer.

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.