1939 Victoria Park Baseball Club photograph of teams and officials

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Overview

This black and white photograph of the Victoria Park Baseball Club's 1939 'A' grade team is mounted on off-white cardboard. Above the team photo are three circular-shaped portrait images of club officials. A fourth portrait image has been removed. The background image of the photo is a studio backdrop showing swagged fabric in front of tall arched windows, with surrounding foliage, looking beyond to a river and valley. Printed above the photo are the club's initials, name of the team and year. Below the photo are the names of the players and club officials. The name of the photographic studio is printed in the bottom right-hand corner.

Historical information

Established in 1935, the Victoria Park Baseball Club is one of the oldest baseball clubs in Australia. It was a foundation club when the Western Australian state league was formed and is now the oldest current State League club in Western Australia.

The photograph is an image by Bartletto Studio, which was located in Hay Street, Perth from the early 1900s.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.403

Item type

Photographs

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Cardboard

Photographic Paper

Width

24 cm

Height or length

20 cm

Inscriptions and markings

'V.P.B.C. - A. Grade, 1939'
'Back Row: H. Bailey, J. Scharff, W. Greenwell, B. Lane, W. Crocker, W. Culligan.'
'Sitting: A. Stiles (Scorer), A. Bridges, H. Denford, S. Paltridge (Pres.), B. Shom, H. Paulin, C. Reeves (Com.)'
'Front: T. Smith, F. Day (Vice-Capt.)'
'Insets: F. Doust (Com), P. Crisp (Patron), A. E. Hansen (H. Sec.), D. Mickle (Capt.)'
'Barletto Studiso' (sic)

Contextual Information

This image of the players and officials of one of the oldest baseball clubs in Western Australia was copied from the original photograph, courtesy of Victoria Park Baseball Club.

Keywords

Victoria Park Baseball Club

1939

Western Australian Baseball Team

Western Australian Baseball League

Western Australian Baseball Uniform

Sports Uniform

Statement of significance

The original of this rare and well-provenanced photograph is of historical significance as it records images and names of members of a Western Australian baseball club in its foundation years; a club which is still in existence over 80 years later.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Baseball WA

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