Wanted to Share This Amazing 19th Century Photo

[piecesofthegame]

Thanks for that Rich! The earliest birthday of those you listed is 1866. Since the photo is dated 1882 I don’t think any of these players would have been old enough to be in this photo as college players. I still love it though!

[JollyElm]

Any idea of the exact location in (I assume) New Hampshire? It would be cool to see if any of the outfield buildings still exist (along with about 17 Starbucks ).

[drcy]

great photo

[vintagesportscollector]

Great photo. There is some past discussion of this image on the web.

https://www.baseballhistorycomesaliv...ox-ball-field/

The field is the current “Green" at Dartmouth. Right in the middle of town. That line running from the left of the batter to the right of the shortstop is a footpath across the Green.

Dartmouth played Harvard on May 23, 1882, in Hanover.

Below is a boxscore from an earlier 1882 game, May 17th, between Harvard and Dartmouth, in Cambridge.

[vintagesportscollector]

Ken Burns wrote in American Heritage that his favorite baseball photograph is this 1882 image showing a Dartmouth-Harvard game on the northwest corner of the Green. See photos below...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dartmo...ream/lightbox/

[irv]

Originally Posted by vintagesportscollector

Ken Burns wrote in American Heritage that his favorite baseball photograph is this 1882 image showing a Dartmouth-Harvard game on the northwest corner of the Green. See photos below...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dartmo...ream/lightbox/

I believe that photo/article has been posted here before as it looks familiar to me.

Great grab, Javan. Could be of interest to many here since it seemed to have piqued Ken Burns interest.

[GaryPassamonte]

Exceptional image!