Image
Adrian Giants baseball team playing on field
Description:
Baseball team playing on field. Fans on stands in background; boys standing and sitting in foreground. Printed on back: "The Page Fence Giants of Adrian, Michigan in action. The team operated, as a promotion of it's [sic] sponsor, the Page Woven Wire Fence Company, from 1894 through the end of the 1898 season. The 1896 version of the team defeated the famed Cuban Giants, the most powerful black team in the East, to claim the 'Colored Championship'." Printed on mailing address label on back: "Mr. Richard Bak" with street address.
Details
Resource ID:
hr004067
Date Issued:
1894 to 1898
Format:
1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Filing Location:
Photographs-Teams-Adrian, Page Fence Giants
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.