HALL OF FAMERS

DRAPER MAYNARD

NY YANKEES

19TH CENTURY

WHEN BASEBALL WENT TO WAR

GLOVES/ MITTS

BALLS

BATS

PHOTOGRAPHS

PENNANTS

MISCELLANEOUS


Baseball's Creation Myth

Civil War era Carte De Vista of Abner Doubleday (Matthew Brady Studios) flanked by a Grand Army of the Republic Medal and contemporary bat and ball. Although Doubleday as the creator/inventor of baseball has been proven time and again to be no more than myth, we included the image for that very reason...the mythics of baseball matter and give us a starting point for a great deal of dialogue and research.


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