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[Army and Navy baseball game, Rome, Italy; U.S. Ambassador Page and other spectators] – Antique Wall Art

[Army and Navy baseball game, Rome, Italy; U.S. Ambassador Page and other spectators], [beteween 1914 and 1918] — historic photograph
[Army and Navy baseball game, Rome, Italy; U.S. Ambassador Page and other spectators], [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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Few photographs show American servicemen playing ball abroad during the First World War, and this one places an Army and Navy game in Rome, with Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page among the spectators. Page represented the United States in Italy from 1913 until 1919, so his presence marks the event as an official occasion rather than a casual game. Italy entered the war in 1915 and the United States in 1917, and American military personnel and diplomats were active in Rome during those years. The caption card is unverified, so the exact date and the teams' composition are not certain, but the scene reflects how organized sport served as a social link between allied forces and diplomats far from home.

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 × 1,220 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-156140

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