Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Baseball player |
Description |
Two black and white photographs of Glenn H. Lemon wearing the baseball uniform of the Virginia Bridge & Iron Company. He was a student at the time. Summer baseball games were plentiful in the Roanoke, Virginia area when this photograph was taken in the mid 1920s. In addition to Virginia Bridge, teams were fielded by Walker Machine & Foundry Corp., Norfolk & Western Railway Co., Times-World Corp., Viscose, Appalachian Power Company, and the towns of Salem and Vinton. Many of the games were played at Maher Field. Lemon resided with his family at 109 McClanahan Place in the City of Roanoke, the setting for this photograph. Mill Mountain can be seen in the background. |
Object ID |
2011.51.001 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Date |
circa 1925 |
Year Range from |
1923 |
Year Range to |
1928 |
Subjects |
Baseball Baseball cap Baseball fields Baseball players Baseball teams Clothes Clothing & dress Men Men's clothing Mountains Residences Sport Sport clothes Sport shoes Sports Sports teams Sportswear Uniforms |
Search Terms |
Appalachian Power Co. Appalachian Power Company McClanahan Place McClanahan Street Mill Mountain Norfolk and Western Railway Roanoke, Virginia Salem, Virginia Times-World Corporation Vinton, Virginia Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. Virginia Bridge and Iron Company Viscose Corporation Walker Machine & Foundry Corp. |
People |
Lemon, Glenn H. |
Collection |
History Museum Photograph Collection |
Imagefile |
043\201151001.JPG |
Number of images |
2 |