Wallace Kirkland
The Women's Professional Baseball League: Fort Wayne Daisies, South Bend Blue Sox, Kenosha Comets, Grand Rapids Chicks, Rockford Peaches, and Racine Bells
Artist
Wallace Kirkland(American, 1891 - 1979)American, 1891 - 1979
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Women's Professional Baseball League: Fort Wayne Daisies, South Bend Blue Sox, Kenosha Comets, Grand Rapids Chicks, Rockford Peaches, and Racine Bells
Date1945
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 9/16 × 13 1/4 in. (26.8 × 33.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 13 1/4 in. (27.1 × 33.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 13 1/4 in. (27.1 × 33.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anne Wilkes Tucker in honor of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number2001.175
Non exposé
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Exhibition History"Sports: Leisure-Time and Professional," Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, May 30–September 4, 2001.
"Sports Photography from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," June 13–September 12, 2005.
"The Sports Show," Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, February 19–May 13, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped on verso: "LIFE PHOTO/BY/WALLACE KIRKLAND"
Stamped on verso: "USED IN LIFE JUN 4 1945/OVERSEAS EDITION"
Two copyright TIME stamps and one TIME barcode sticker.
Typed caption on verso: "The League in uniform/1st & 2nd row: Ft. Wayne Girls Club. 3rd, 4th and 5th row left side: South/Bend Blue Sox. 3rd 4th and 5th row right side: Kenosha Comets. 6th and 7th row/left Grand Rapids Chicks. 6th and 7th right: Rockford Peaches. Back row: Racine Belles"
Typed on verso: "Girls Professional Baseball League"
Other miscellaneous pencil markings.
Stamped on verso: "USED IN LIFE JUN 4 1945/OVERSEAS EDITION"
Two copyright TIME stamps and one TIME barcode sticker.
Typed caption on verso: "The League in uniform/1st & 2nd row: Ft. Wayne Girls Club. 3rd, 4th and 5th row left side: South/Bend Blue Sox. 3rd 4th and 5th row right side: Kenosha Comets. 6th and 7th row/left Grand Rapids Chicks. 6th and 7th right: Rockford Peaches. Back row: Racine Belles"
Typed on verso: "Girls Professional Baseball League"
Other miscellaneous pencil markings.
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