Alexander Cartwright photograph

Dateundated

DescriptionA black-and-white, head-and-shoulders photograph of Alexander Cartwright dressed in a suit. Cartwright is positioned in three-quarters view. The caption on the back (not shown) reads, "Organizer of the Knickerbocker Baseball Club, first baseball organization. Cartwright was instrumental in expansion of the game rules which were edited and preserved by Henry Chadwick. Cartwright joined the Gold Rush in '49, carrying baseball to the Pacific Coast and later to Hawaii."

Object numberB-1963-2137-0009

Subject Cartwright, Alexander Joy, 1820-1892

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 012 Hall of Famers photographic materials

Dimensions7.5 x 9.75 in.

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