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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

ca. 1904

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 51-60

GUSN

GUSN-198990

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Description

This print is a poster for a ball game between the Tavern Club and the St. Botolph Club. It is printed in sepia color and shows views of the two club buildings, as well as caricatures of team members.

Details

Descriptive Terms

clubs (associations)
ball games
caricatures
prints (visual works)
photomechanical prints

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number 55OVR

Physical Descrption

1 photomechanical

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1922-08-11

Reference Code

GC002.02.055

Acqusition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

42 1/4 x 29 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Captain Clarke, 1922

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

prints (visual works)
photomechanical prints

Other Organizations

Tavern Club (Boston, Mass.)
St. Botolph Club

Restrictions

very poor

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 51-60

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