[WOMEN] [BASEBALL] [PHOTOGRAPHY] Five snapshot photographs of professional women baseball players in an exhibition game in Costa Rica in 1949

[CASTILLO, Nestor - photographer]

Verlag: [San Jose, Costa Rica], 1949

Beschreibung

Five snapshot photographs, measuring about 3.75" x 2.5" with large borders and rough/textured edges. Overall in very good or better condition, with some mild foxing to the verso of some prints; else quite well-preserved. Fantastic group of original prints which depict women baseball players from the AAGPBL (immortalized in the 1992 movie "A League of their Own" in San Jose, Costa Rica, in a stadium, likely for an exhibition game of some kind. The AAGPBL (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League) was a wartime athletic effort meant to replace the somewhat-depleted Major League Baseball games, whose franchises had been significantly depleted by their players' enlistment in the armed forces to fight in World War II. The AAGPBL faded away by the mid-1950s, but became a household name again after the realease of the hit movie. Modern photographic prints, including many signed by veteran players (many of whom lived through the early 2000s), are not difficult to come by, as the movie launched a series of speaking tours and signings by AAGPBL players. However, original period snapshots are scarce in commerce, and, in this cataloguer's opinion, offer a more captivating glimpse into the working lives of the players. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7197

Bibliografische Details

Titel: [WOMEN] [BASEBALL] [PHOTOGRAPHY] Five ...

Verlag: [San Jose, Costa Rica]

Erscheinungsdatum: 1949

Zustand: Very good +