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People's Drug Store baseball team, Washington, D.C. – Vintage Wall Art

People's Drug Store baseball team, Washington, D.C., [1921?] — historic photograph
People's Drug Store baseball team, Washington, D.C., [1921?]. 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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Step back in time with People's Drug Store baseball team, Washington, D.C., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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People's Drug Store baseball team, Washington, D.C.

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The People's Drug Store baseball team was a company-sponsored club made up of store employees, and the subject list notes that the team was photographed with awards, which suggests a trophy or pennant won in league or city play. Employer-backed teams like this were common in Washington and other American cities in the 1920s, when businesses used company leagues to build workplace loyalty and public goodwill. The photograph comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington commercial studio whose work documents the city's people, institutions and everyday life during that decade. The record dates the print only tentatively, to about 1921.

Created / published[1921?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreGroup portraits 1920-1930.Portrait photographs 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesTitle from item. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsPeoples Drug Stores, inc.--People--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Employees--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Baseball players--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Awards--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,141 × 3,993 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi
Referencetif18594_PeoplesDrugStorebaseballteamWa

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