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A large baseball player uses a baseball bat as a musical pipe to play music and draws a large crowd of people of all ages into a baseball stadium.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1914-06-06
In a bird’s-eye view of a baseball game in progress, a grand slam home run has just been hit. The foreground is dominated by the baseball.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-06-25
Two older men, a former Confederate soldier and a former Union soldier, walk arm in arm to purchase tickets for a double-header baseball game. A young boy in the foreground tips his hat, and in the background, a line is forming at the ticket booth and the grandstand is already crowded. Caption: One national flag. One national game.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-05-28
A young boy sits in the rain with an umbrella and a little dog, outside the locked and boarded-up entrance to the “25 cent seats” labeled “Opening Day April 10th Pink Socks vs Green Socks.” The boy has a “Base Ball Guide” in his coat pocket and there is a small basket of food on the ground, at his feet. Caption: “Cheer up, Towse! Only got about a week more to wait!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-04-02
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary acknowledges Ida E. Wright’s letter and tells her it would have been impossible for Roosevelt to come to a baseball game while in Chicago because he was very busy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-10
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Anna Roosevelt Cowles that he enjoyed William Sheffield Cowles Jr.’s recent visit. Roosevelt explains that they have secured permission to build a new road on their property and describes the redevelopment to accommodate motor vehicles. Roosevelt is amused by the effect of their newfound mobility on Ethel Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt, and their friends; they visit friends who live farther away and these guests reciprocate by visiting the Roosevelts’ home too. Roosevelt explains that he is glad they did not have a car before this summer, because he would rather not socialize so much. He updates Anna on the academic interests and college plans of Archibald Roosevelt. Archie and Quentin Roosevelt have taken to playing tennis together, which makes Roosevelt happy, and Quentin also plays baseball with James the butler. Roosevelt speaks very highly of the staff and servants of the house and stable, who are black, and the gardeners and the chauffeur, who are “native Americans.” Roosevelt hopes Anna can visit in the fall or spring and is glad he was able to visit her the past spring. He tells her that the Emlen Roosevelts have had a difficult time because of Aunt Lizzie (Elizabeth Emlen Roosevelt), who is feeble and suffering from mental illness. However, Edith just spent time with Aunt Lizzie and enjoyed it.
1911-07-28
Theodore Roosevelt writes to continue a discussion with Anna Roosevelt Cowles about the need for lively pursuits at home that he compares to the French art of savoir vivre. He gives examples that Oyster Bay ought to have: a park with a bandstand, a Y.M.C.A, and tennis courts; and explains that Edith Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt are trying to enlist some of the villagers to contribute to supplying some of these facilities. Roosevelt updates Cowles on his family’s activities. Edith’s fiftieth birthday was two days ago and she was delighted with her presents, which is not always the case. Roosevelt writes that sometimes she even shares his “own mother’s way of looking at a present of which she does not approve.” They ride and row together, and he plays tennis well.
1911-08-08