This photo shows G J Elliott in his baseball uniform; he played for several different mining camps throughout Jefferson County AL; he also was ask to join the Birmingham Barons Baseball Team, but his father didn't think baseball was a worthy career.
People in photo include: G. J. Elliott
Photos of the U.S. national pastime - images of baseball in history.
Baseball has a rich history that dates back to the mid-19th century in the United States. The game evolved from various bat-and-ball sports played in England and the United States, and it gained wides...
World War 1, the Mexican Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the Easter Rising in Ireland . . . the sinking of the Titanic and the Lusitania. Spanish flu killed well over 20 million people world wide ...