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July 15. John Clapp is born in 1851.
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July 15, 1851. John Clapp is born. Photo of Clapp taken while he played for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1874.
Jesse Tannehill Baseball Card
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Tobacco Insert Card • American Tobacco Co. • NYC • 1.5″ x 3″ • 1911.
Train Wreck in Iowa
Real photo postcard 1911.
July 13. Stan Covaleskie is born in 1889.
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July 13, 1889. Stan Covaleskie is born. Photograph of Covaleskie warming up on the sidelines before a game at Griffith Stadium.
Anti-Draft Music
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Sheet music cover illustration 1862
July 12. Lee Meadows born in 1894.
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July 12, 1894. Lee Meadows is born in 1894. Photograph of Meadows not wearing his familiar wire rimmed glasses.
English Cricket Club in Stereo
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Stereoview 1920.
July 11. Babe Ruth plays his First Game in the Major Leagues in 1914.
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July 11, 1914. Babe Ruth plays his first game in the Major Leagues for the Boston Red Sox. Ruth is shown in his Providence uniform shortly before being brought into…
July 11. Bob Allison is born in 1934.
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July 11, 1934. Bob Allison is born. Bob Allison appears on a Home Run Derby card from 1959.
Monkey Shines Poster
Circus Poster • 41″ x 28″ • c.1900
André Dawson Wire Photo
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News photograph 1974
July 9. Queen Victoria creates nation of Australia, 1900.
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July 9, 1900. Queen Victoria unites colonies to form nation of Australia. Lithographic print of a young Queen Victoria, c.1850.
July 9. Fred Tenney is born in 1859.
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July 9, 1859. Fred Tenney is born. Ramley cigarette card of Tenney with the New York Giants in 1909.
July 8. Ducky Holmes is born in 1883.
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July 8, 1883. Ducky Holmes is born. Photographic portrait of Ducky Holmes from around 1898.
July 8. Chippewa Band transfers vast land to U.K., 1822.
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July 8, 1822. Chippewa Native Band transfers land in what is now Ontario to United Kingdom. Carte-de-Visite of Naw-Gab-Nab, orator and second chief of the Wisconsin Chippewa, taken by photographer…
Che Guevara Head On
News photograph 1953
Satchel Paige the Photographer with Mexican Kids
News photograph 1938
July 6. First All-Star Game for Major League Baseball, 1933.
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July 6, 1933. First All-Star Game for Major League Baseball, 1933. The news photo shows Babe Ruth crossing home plate after hitting a home run in the third inning.
Bill Donovan Happy
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News photograph 1915.
July 5. Jimmy Dygert is born in 1884.
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July 5, 1884. Jimmy Dygert is born. Dygert’s picture, in his Philadelphia Athletics unifom, comes from a fold out postcard produced as a souvenir of the 1911 World Series.
July 5. FDR signs Labor bill into Law.
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July 5, 1935. President and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt appear in a patriotic poster, shortly after enacting the National Labor Relations Act, regulating workers rights.
July 4. Lou Gehrig gives ‘ luckiest man ‘ speech, 1939
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July 4, 1939. In Yankee Stadium, after diagnosis with a crippling disease, Lou Gehrig bids farewell to the fans of New York.
Mickey Welch Vignetted
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Program illustration 1894
Dickie Kerr of the Chisox
July 3. Idaho becomes State number 43 in 1890.
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July 3, 1890. Idaho becomes the 43rd state. Advertising card for Coffee showing visual and cartographic aspects of the new State of Idaho, from 1895.
Earhart Talks with Young Students
News photograph 1934
July 2. José Canseco born in 1964.
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July 2, 1964. José Canseco is born. Team issued head shot of Caseco while with the Texas Rangers.
July 1. John Clarkson is born in 1861.
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July 1, 1861. John Clarkson is born. Old Judge cigarette cabinet photograph taken in 1887 of Clarkson in between teams, as his uniform is from the Chicago White Stockings, with…
July 1. Canada Day.
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July 1, 1879. Canada Day is established as permanent national holiday to commemorate confederation of Canada. Ogopogo, the Okanagan Valley and Canada’s only water monster, celebrates Canada Day with locally…
June 30. Rafael Ameida is born in 1887.
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June 30, 1887. Rafael Ameida is born. Rafael Almeida poses before a game in the outfield of Almendares Park in Havana around 1910.
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