1. “Baseball in 1882”. Historical print. Has words Saginaw vs Grand Rapids” in white bottom center. Shows men on the field playing, in uniforms. A fence separates the field from the open landscape containing several buildings on the other side of the fence. Structures on the rise behind the buildings top left may indicate a cemetery. In the bottom right corner of the image is a post, perhaps a support for roofed viewing stands. A sign attached to the post reads “Smokers Section”. Source unknown. Negs. 1394 & 1447 unverified.
2. Baseball in 1882. Copy print, said to be from Neg. 1447.
3. Alpine Short Stockings vs. West Side Bushwackers. Played May 27, 1888. Historical print. Shows a row of players standing, a row seated in front of them, and two more men in the near foreground. Plays mostly shirts and suspenders holding their pants. A variety of hats are worn. Appears to be a rural landscape with a barn at right and a fence behind the players. Additional written information on the verso. Neg. 3996. Source of photo unknown.
4. Alpine Short Stockings vs West Side Bushwackers. Copy photo made 2/2000 from neg. 3996.
5. CO K [Company K?] baseball team, ca. 1900? Interior team photo, standing & seated. One man in center in the suit, perhaps the coach, appears old than the others in uniform. Copy photo, source unknown. Neg. 2425. Some players have been identified as: Kurt Wohlgemuth / Sid Herald / Percy Baldwin / Jacob Ball / Day Albertson / John Schouten / John Eleuela
6. Grand Rapids Base Ball Club, portrait photos on the copy of Sporting Life magazine. V. 49, no. 2, Mar. 23, 1907. Central League Champions for 1907. Copy photo stamped “Credit National Baseball Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.” Images include: P. Bliss / P. Miller / P. Summers / P. Vananda / P. Graham / C. Howley P. Warner / C. Hawkins / B. Smith, 2nd / S.S. Groschow / B. Francis, 3rd O.F. Backof / O.F. Curtis / O.F. Geyer / John Ganzel, Manager, 1st Base.
7. [Grandville High School, ca. 1911] Copy photo, source unknown. Shows baseball game in progress with a few onlookers, trees and houses in the background. None of the buildings can be identified as a school. Neg. 2424
8. B A C Co. Baseball Team [Beverly Acme Cement, 1912] Exterior. 4x5 Copy photo or contact print, source unknown. Neg. 3995. Some players are identified as: Levi De Puil? / Stewart Jappinga? / Camp? / Frank Gillete / Earl Comstock / Harry Bankneight? / Harry DePuit? / George VanderWall
9. Beverly Acme Cemeter Baseball Team. 8x10 copy photo from Neg. 3995.
10. “Valley City, Pennant Winner, Masonic League.” ID from photocopy of Grand Rapids News photo caption, Apr. 24, 1916, pg. 10. Historical photo, 1992.029. Interior team photo. Man in center in suit, others in uniform, with trophy standing on floor in center foreground. “VC”(?) letters in triangle is team emblem on uniform sleeve. Newspaper identifies the following: Califf / Lillie / Ryder / Rathman / Laramy / Chappelle / Manager Brummeler / Gillette / Vruggiak / Dobbelaar.
11. G.R.J.C. Baseball Team, standing on steps of unidentified building. Copy photo, source unknown. Dated 1927, source of information unknown. Neg. 2423
12. Globe Knitting, ca. 1939. Team photo, exterior. Copy photo, source and source of information unknown. Original images had tears which show in copy. Some players identified as: Jack Lanta, Manager / Pete Milito? / Herb Den Hallander? / Gene Blazek / S. Crandall / Earl Brown, sponsor? / Butch Norowcki? / Frank Wiersbecki / Don Stevens / Joe Fordor
13. G.R. Scales Co. [19?1] Team photo, exterior. View shows an old man with crutches at the right. Bat? Constructed in a fan in the foreground. Copy photo, source unknown. Some players identified as: Claude Irwin, Jr. / Frank Cook / Don Veldman / Buz Seidlecki / Jack Newman / Ted Spoolstra / Gene Blazak / Ted Coffee / Claude Irwin Frank Wiersbecki / Clyde Johnson / Ed Wiersbecki / Len Pasco / Don Stevens
14. Player in uniform, seated for formal interior photo, cap in one hand, bat in another. “M” on uniform is perhaps for Michigan? Copy print. Image from Tin Type in the collection. Copy negative #2570.
15. Unidentified photo of kids playing baseball, probably taken in the ca, 1970’s or later. Batter appears to be wearing a helmet, and the catcher is well protected, indicating more recent safety practices with kids games. B/w Snapshot. Source unknown.
16.-17. Berkey & Gay Furniture Baseball Team. Group photo. Duplicate copy photos. Source unknown. Shows a man in a suit standing in the center on the back row, and others in stripped uniforms. Three trophies are on the floor in the foreground.
18. Child player in uniform number “35, standing with his back to the camera, two bats over his right shoulder, wearing a helmet type hat. Action and spectators in the background are blurred. Copy photo(?), source unknown.
19. Stub Overmire. Historical photo, 2000.002.1. Near portrait photo, showing his face and hat with “D”.