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Collection Accession Accession Number: 1436 Date: 1994 Number: 94-58 Collection Accession Accession Number: 1436 Date: 1994 Number: 94-58 BIRMINGHAM DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES PUBLIC AND MANUSCRIPTS LIBRARY ACCESSION RECORD AND FINDING AID Main Entry: BIRMINGHAM BASEBALL Title of Collection: Photographs, 1936-1964 and undated Source: National Baseball Hall of Fame, Memphis-Shelby County Public Library, Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Restrictions: Standard preservation restrictions. Copyright restricted. Quantity: ¼ linear foot (46 images) Inventoried by: Jim Baggett Date: November 1994, December 1999 ________________________________________________________________________ Biography/Background Sources: Scope and Content This collection contains copies of team and individual photographs showing the Birmingham Barons, the Birmingham Black Barons, and Birmingham area industrial league baseball teams from American Cast Iron Pipe Company and Stockham Pipe Fittings Company. File Number Description The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (P.O. Box 590, Cooperstown, NY 13326) owns the copyright to the photographs listed below in files 1436.1.1 through 1436.1.9. Permission to reproduce, publish, or exhibit these photographs must be obtained from the Hall of Fame. 1436.1.1 Lloyd “Pepper” Bassett, Birmingham Black Barons, undated. 1436.1.2 Lloyd “Pepper” Bassett, Birmingham Black Barons, undated. 1436.1.3 Birmingham Barons, 1956. 1436.1.4 Birmingham Barons, 1957. 1436.1.5 Birmingham Barons, 1958. 1436.1.6 Birmingham Barons, 1964. This is the first Birmingham Barons team to include white and black players. 1436.1.7 Birmingham Black Barons, American League Champions, 1948. 1436.1.7-B Birmingham Black Barons, American League Champions, 1948. 1436.1.7-C Elliot Coleman, undated. 1436.1.7-D Saul Davis, Birmingham Black Barons, undated. 1436.1.7-E Wesley Dennis, undated. 1436.1.7-F East-West All-Stars, Negro Leagues, 1948. 1436.1.7-G Ed Steele, Piper Davis, and Arthur Lee “Artie” Wilson, Birmingham Black Barons, undated. 1436.1.8 Arthur Lee “Artie” Wilson, team questionable, circa 1951. 1436.1.9 Arthur Lee “Artie” Wilson, Birmingham Black Barons, undated. The Memphis Shelby County Public Library and Information Center (Memphis Shelby County Room, 1850 Peabody Avenue, Memphis TN 38104) owns the copyright to the photographs listed below in file 1436.1.10 through 1436.1.17. Permission to reproduce, publish, or exhibit these photographs must be obtained from the Memphis Library. 1436.1.10 Birmingham Black Barons, circa 1946. 1436.1.11 Herman Bell, Birmingham Black Barons, undated. 1436.1.12 Birmingham Black Barons, 1948. 1436.1.13 Birmingham Black Barons, undated. 1436.1.14 Birmingham Black Barons team bus with team owner Tom Hayes, undated. 1436.1.15 Birmingham Black Barons team bus, undated. 1436.1.15-B Jose Burgess, Birmingham Black Barons, circa 1949-1950. 1436.1.15-C William Greeson, Birmingham Black Barons, undated. 1436.1.15-D Jimmy Newberry, Birmingham Black Barons, undated. 1436.1.16 Rickwood Field Entrance, game day, Birmingham Black Barons, undated. 1436.1.16-B Abe Saperstein (Left) and Tom Hayes (right), undated. 1436.1.17 Unidentified individuals, undated. Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (P.O. Box 11781, Birmingham, AL 35202) owns copyright to the photographs listed below in files 1436.1.18 through 1436.1.32. Permission to reproduce, publish or exhibit these photographs must be obtained from Sloss. 1436.1.18 ACIPCO (American Cast Iron Pipe Company) team (black), undated. 1436.1.19 ACIPCO team (black), undated. 1436.1.20 ACIPCO team (black), Industrial League Champions, 1936. 1436.1.21 ACIPCO team (white), undated. 1436.1.22 Stockham Pipe Fittings Company team (black), undated. 1436.1.23 Stockham team (white), undated. 1436.1.24 Stockham team (white), undated. 1436.1.25 Stockham team (white), undated. 1436.1.26 Stockham team (white), undated. 1436.1.27 Unidentified baseball game, probably industrial leagues (black), undated. 1436.1.28 Unidentified baseball game, probably industrial leagues (black), undated. 1436.1.29 Unidentified baseball game, industrial leagues (white), undated. 1436.1.30 Unidentified spectators (white) in bleachers, location unknown, undated. 1436.1.31 Unidentified baseball team (white), undated. 1436.1.32 Unidentified trophy in window display (possibly Stockham), undated. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (1616 East 18th Street, P.O. Box 414897, Kansas City, MO 64108) owns copyright to the photographs listed below in files 1436.1.33 through 1436.1.36. Permission to reproduce, publish, or exhibit these photographs must be obtained the museum. 1436.1.33 Henry Baylis, Birmingham Black Barons, undated. 1436.1.34 Birmingham Black Barons in front of team bus, 1950. 1436.1.35 Birmingham Black Barons, 1950. 1436.1.36 Ed Steele, Lloyd “Pepper” Bassett, and Henry Baylis, 1950. .
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