Group portrait. Pitchers of the Baltimore Elite Giants. Negro League baseball team. From left to right: Ed Finney, Frank Russell, Lenny Pearson, Jim Gillain, Thomas "Pee Wee" Butts, circa May 1949
Dates
- circa May 1949
Conditions Governing Access
Original acetate negatives are restricted from public use. Reference photographs of all negatives are available during library hours and do not require an appointment to view.
Extent
1 Photographic Negatives : black and white ; 4x5 inches
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Identified by Todd Bolton, Negro League Baseball Players Association (NLBPA) Historian, in August 1995.
Scope and Contents
Series I of the Paul Henderson Photograph Collection is comprised of two boxes and includes images of clubs, bars, and restaurants; musicians and entertainers; Arrow Beer advertisement photographs; Negro League baseball team Elite Giants; classes and school groups; factory workers, businesses, Baltimore City street scenes, and parks; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) meetings and events; Civil Rights demonstrations; Planned Parenthood; politicians; weddings and birthdays; Harlem Globetrotters; and Pennsylvania Avenue.
Creator
- From the Collection: Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org