About This Item

  • Call NumberCLUB_0031
  • TitleExcelsior Club
  • SummaryCaption: "The championship 1860 baseball team of the old Excelsior Club which achieved distinction by beating the Alll Philadelphians. Number 3 is James Creighton, called the first man ever to pitch a curve ball. To the right of him (4) is Henry D. Polhemus, founder of the Long Island College Hospital. Other members of the team are (1) Thomas Reynolds, (2) John C. Whiting, (5) A. T. Pearsall, (6) Edward Russell, (7) Joseph B. Leggett, (8) Asel Brainard, and (9) George H. Flanly."
  • Date1932
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: Aug. 6/32. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectAthletic clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball teams -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Clubs: Athletic: Excelsior Club