[BASEBALL]. "Philadelphia Stars" Negro League pennant. [With:] Photographs of the "Clowns Baseball Club" and Emmett Ashford, first Black umpire in Major League Baseball.

Philadelphia Stars. Ca 1933-1952. 23 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. red felt pennant with a strip of white felt stitched to the left edge with four red tassels. Featuring a green, white, and orange screen-printed image of a baseball player sliding into home plate with the catcher standing behind the plate (light split in felt near pointed edge, else very good). An identical pennant is held by the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

[With:] Nationally Famous Negro American League Clowns Baseball Club. 10 x 8 in. heavily retouched silver gelatin print (some bends, diagonal crease to lower left corner, edge and corner wear). The Indianapolis Clowns, a Negro American League baseball team, was in operation for 59 years and is the longest playing black professional team in US history. -- [NORENBERG, Darryl, photographer]. 8 x 10 in. silver gelatin photograph of Emmett Ashford, the first Black umpire in Major League Baseball (light creasing and wear to edges). While not stamped, this is the work of Darryl Norenberg.

Together, 3 items.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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