Letter from Fred Alexander to Grace Mayer

Date1955 July 19

DescriptionA letter dated July 19, 1955 from Fred Alexander to Grace Mayer explaining the Union Baseball Grounds. He provides possible identifications and a history of Union Pond as depicted in the 1862 lithograph. The letter is typed on three pages, with an additional information sheet on Union Baseball Grounds and Skating Park, including an advertisement from a 19th-century book on American pastimes.

Bio/Historical NoteDuring the winter, Union Grounds was turned into a skating rink called Union Pond.

Object numberBL-1959-00083-02

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer Alexander, Fred

Subject Mayer, Grace M.

Subject Alexander, Fred

Attributes

Classificationsmanuscripts (documents)

Collection NumberBA MSS 044 Correspondence collection

Dimensions8.5 x 11 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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