1907-1909 Photo Negatives of Artesian Baseball Players from Chicago Daily News courtsey of Chicago Historical Society

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Early Semi-Pro Baseball Team

   Harry Lietman

[Artesians baseball player Harry Lietman, extending his right arm in front of him and pointing, standing in profile by a backdrop].

Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1907.

SUMMARY
Full-length portrait of Harry Lietman, Artesians baseball player, extending his right arm out in front of him and pointing with his right hand, standing in profile in front of a light-colored backdrop in a room in Chicago, Illinois. An unidentified man is standing next to the backdrop in the background.

    McGill and Glendon

[Artesans baseball players, McGill and Glendon, holding baseball bats, standing on a baseball field].

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1909

SUMMARY
Informal full-length group portrait of McGill and Glendon, Artesans baseball players, holding baseball bats, standing on a baseball field in Chicago, Illinois. A man is standing on the field in the background, holding his left arm out at his side. Text on image reads: Artesians.

NOTES
This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer may have been published in the newspaper.

   Gus Munch 

[Artesans baseball player, Gus Munch, cocking his arm to throw a baseball, standing on a baseball field].

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1909

SUMMARY
Informal full-length portrait of Gus Munch, Artesans baseball player, cocking his arm to throw a baseball, standing on a baseball field in Chicago, Illinois. An unidentified man is walking in the background. Text on image reads: Artesians.

   E. Riley  

[Artesans baseball player, E. Riley, throwing a baseball, standing in front of grandstands and bleachers on a baseball field].

Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1909

SUMMARY
Informal full-length portrait of E. Riley, Artesans baseball player, throwing a baseball, standing in front of grandstands and bleachers on a baseball field in Chicago, Illinois. Text on image reads: Artesians.

    1909 Photo Harry Lietman 

[Artesians baseball player Harry Lietman, holding his hands out in front of him, crouching in front of a backdrop in a room].

    George Long, Baseball Payer 1907

[Artesians baseball player George Long, standing in a fielding position in front of a backdrop].

   Fred Nieman 

[Artesians baseball player Fred Neiman, standing in front of a light-colored backdrop].

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1907.

SUMMARY
Full-length portrait of Fred Neiman, Artesians baseball player, standing in front of a light-colored backdrop in a room in Chicago, Illinois.

    R. O'Connel 

[Artesian baseball fielder R. O'Connel, wearing a jacket over his uniform, standing in front of a light-colored backdrop in a room].

Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1907.

SUMMARY
Full-length portrait of R. O'Connel, Artesian baseball fielder, wearing a jacket over his uniform, standing in front of a light-colored backdrop in a room in Gage Park of Chicago

[South Artesian Avenue in Gage Park area of Chicago covered with floodwaters during the Gage Park flood of 1907]

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1907.

SUMMARY
View of South Artesian Avenue covered with floodwaters during the Gage Park flood in the Gage Park community area of Chicago, Illinois.

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