Champions of America / Williamson, Brooklyn. – Antique Print
![Champions of America / Williamson, Brooklyn., Brooklyn, [New York] : c1865. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/25/25bfbf46160c-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Champions of America / Williamson, Brooklyn. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Champions of America / Williamson, Brooklyn.
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The title *Champions of America* marks this albumen print as a claim of supremacy for a Brooklyn ball club, and the photograph shows its players posed together around 1865. At the time, baseball was still an amateur pastime played under the rules of the National Association of Base Ball Players, and Brooklyn clubs were among the strongest in the country. Team portraits like this one let players display their pride and identity, and they remain some of the earliest visual records of who played the game and how they presented themselves.
| Created / published | Brooklyn, [New York] : c1865. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1860-1870.Group portraits 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Transfer; United States District Court, Eastern District of New York. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Exhibit loan 4105-L. |
| Subjects | Baseball players--New York (State)--New York--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,481 × 1,203 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218437 |
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