Lot # 36: 1920s Cuban Baseball Cabinet Photos Collection (4)

Starting Bid: $50.00

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Item was in Auction "Fifth Anniversary Auction",
which ran from 7/24/2017 4:00 AM to
8/13/2017 10:26 AM



Collection of cabinet-style photos each of which offer a fascinating look at baseball-mad Cuba in the 1920s. They originate from the town of Guines. Two of the photos depict fans of the local teams posing nead the ballpark one including a large banner. The third photo depicts a large group of players from multiple teams wearing varied uniforms. The final cabinet shows the grand entry into the local pro field Parque Cerveza Tropical which was owned by a brewery - hence the gigantic bottles of beer on each side of the entry gate. Each photo exhibits varying degrees of age and condition-related wear notably surface wear with some mild creasing on two of the mounts. The images also exhibit some degree of fading. However they remain incredible documents of Cuban baseball extremely scarce and quite fascinating.

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