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[Army and Navy baseball game, Rome, Italy; soldiers watching] – Historic Print

[Army and Navy baseball game, Rome, Italy; soldiers watching], [beteween 1914 and 1918] — historic photograph
[Army and Navy baseball game, Rome, Italy; soldiers watching], [beteween 1914 and 1918]. Historic photograph from the Baseball collection.

(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 [Army and Navy baseball game, Rome, Italy; soldiers watching] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Few images capture American servicemen at play in wartime Italy as directly as this one, which shows an Army and Navy baseball game in Rome with soldiers looking on from the sidelines. Baseball travelled with American troops during the First World War, and organized games were a common way for the Army, the Navy, and aid groups such as the YMCA to keep men occupied and in good spirits away from the front. The catalog date falls somewhere between 1914 and 1918, and the caption card's details are unverified, so the exact game and players remain uncertain. Still, the picture offers a rare glimpse of leisure life far from home during the war.

Created / published[beteween 1914 and 1918]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: WWI--Italy; Geogr.; BI; Sports--Baseball; Army, U.S.; Navy, U.S.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,138 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-156138

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