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Sterling Photograph collection

1 overize box (3 linear feet)

(1907 – 1919)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 2004.013
Creator(s) Unknown
Acquisition

This collection was donated by Toby Sterling September 2004.  The 1907 Cambridge Baseball Club photograph was formerly owned by Arthur Jones of Cambridge, Maryland.  
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Simone Myree, September 2007.
Related Materials None
Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

This collection of photographs portrays a 1919 tribute to fallen soldiers of World War I in Dorchester County, Maryland. It also features a photocopy of a photograph taken from an unidentified book featuring the Cambridge High School Sophomore Volleyball team in 1914. The team is comprised of young women. Also of note is a 1907 photograph of the Cambridge Baseball Club, winners of the Eastern Shore and Delaware baseball championship of the same year. Team members have been identified on the back of the photograph by last name only. Do not attempt to flip the photograph. To prevent further damage to the photograph, members of the team are identified below. 1. Bonthron - Catcher 2. Townsend - Left Field and Captain 3. Corneil - 2nd Base 4. John Franklin Baker - 3rd Base 5. Baker - Umpire 6. Coolin - 1st Base 7. Wilson - Pitcher 8. Dawson - Center Field 9. Cunningham - Pitcher 10. Bonthron - 2nd Base 11. Bassett - Catcher and Manager 12. Gallagher - Short Stop 13. H. C. Byrd - Pitcher 14. Norman Meekin - Mascot

Arrangement Statement See Nabb Center Staff

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Baseball
    • World War, 1914-1918
  • Corporate Names
    • Cambridge High School

Inventory List

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Box 1                                                

1 | na     World War I Tribute

1 | na    Cambridge Sports

Artifacts

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