Wordless Wednesday is a daily
prompt at Geneabloggers that asks family historians to create a post in which
the main focus is a photograph or image.
Among photos passed down to me from my grandaunts Lillie
Killeen and Helen Killeen Parker is this picture of a Negro baseball
player. I don’t know who he is or how
Lillie and Helen came to have his picture.
Did he play on a local team? A
traveling team? Was he an acquaintance? The date is unknown, but most of the photos
are from 1918-1921.
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2014, Wendy Mathias. All rights reserved.
Another mystery! Maybe someone will be able to answer your questions.
ReplyDeleteHappy Wednesday. ☺
I can always hope!
DeleteHe sure doesn't look very happy :-(
ReplyDeleteGosh, no he really doesn't!
DeleteI don't think he wanted his picture taken! I don't know anything about baseball coming from the UK but is that a typical sporting outfit?
ReplyDeleteActually the uniform is quite typical. Today's uniforms look much the same although most players wear full-length pants rather than knee-length. Occasionally you'll see young ballplayers wearing the knee-pants. I always wonder if they are channeling some long-gone hero from the past.
DeleteDid you know those uniforms were made of wool back then? Too bad there is no emblem on his jersey!
ReplyDeleteAlso interesting...is that a kid or a lady on the left?