Photograph of Chase County High School (Kansas) baseball team
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1907
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Chase County Junior/Senior High School, American
label: Subject of
content: Edward Small, American, 1887 - unknown
label: Subject of
content: Oliver Howard Horner, 1888 - 1939
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white team photograph of baseball players from Chase County High School in Kansas. There are three (3) rows of boys. The two (2) boys in the front row center are sitting cross-legged and the two (2) boys on the sides are lying on their sides, with their legs facing out. They have their outer arms resting on their legs and their inner arms are on the floor, propping them up. The front row contains the only African American player. He is second from the proper left side and is holding a baseball in his hands. The other sitting player to his right has a catcher's mask in front of him. There are two baseballs in the shape of an "X" on the ground in front of them.
label: Description
content: The middle row contains five (5) players kneeling on the ground. The player on the far proper right has his hands on his hips, the player in the middle has his hands in front of him, and the player on the far proper left has his arms on his side.
label: Description
content: The back row contains four (4) people standing. The boy second from the proper right side is also a player on the team. The other three (3) boys are wearing suits. They are wearing neck ties, except for the boy on the proper right side, who is wearing a bow tie. They are standing in front of a backdrop. The backdrop, which has an unidentifiable image on it, is placed in front of a paneled wall. The boy second from the proper left is Oliver Howard Horner.
label: Description
content: All of the players are wearing the same uniforms. The button down shirts have collars and have sleeves that end around the elbows. The shirts have letters across the chest. A "C." on the proper right side, a "C." in the center, and a "H.S." on the proper left side. The boys are wearing quilted pants with belts and black and white striped baseball socks. Several of the players are also wearing their baseball gloves. Many of the players are wearing white long sleeve shirts under their uniform shirts.
label: Description
content: The photograph is dry mounted on a black board. The bottom proper right corner of the board is missing. There are several areas where the black part of the board has peeled off. The back of the board is grey. There are no markings on the back. In several areas on the sides and corners the grey has peel off a bit.
place: label: Place captured
content: Cottonwood Falls, Chase County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Baseball
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
label: Topic
content: Youth
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tyson D. Arnold
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.94.1
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on mounting board
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mounted): 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 7 3/4 × 9 11/16 in. (19.7 × 24.6 cm)