Between the Covers

Hardcover. Small broadside or handbill measuring 6¼" x 9¾", printed on orange paper, advertising a baseball game between two Black teams at "Colored Park" in Ashburn, Georgia, which also had "reserved seats for whites." Fine. Ashburn is a predominantly Black town located in Turner County in southern Georgia. We could find little about either of the two teams involved, and little about the listed manager, coach, and captain, beyond their race from census data. While the broadside appears to be a bit earlier, the date we attribute is also based on the likely ages of the participants from census data, considered in relation to which years had April 25th falling on a Sunday. Rare. *OCLC* locates no copies.

Item #453160