Posted on 05/05/08
Woman hits home run with sale of historic team photo
VICTORIA -- A rare photograph of an all-black barnstorming baseball team posing in Vancouver in 1916 sold at auction yesterday for $30,000 (U.S.).The panoramic image shows the Chicago American Giants standing in front of an outfield fence at old Athletic Park in Vancouver. A dozen players in baseball flannels flank team owner and some-time pitcher Rube Foster, a rotund figure in a formal three-piece suit.
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