Detail from “Champions of America” The 1865 Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn, NY

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Baseball history photo: Detail from photograph of the Atlantic Base-Ball Club of Brooklyn, N.Y., “Champions of America,” 1865. Click photo to return to previous page.

Baseball history photo: Detail from photograph of the Atlantic Base-Ball Club of Brooklyn, N.Y., "Champions of America," 1865. Left to right - Unidentified, Sid Smith, Dickey Pearce, Joe Start, Pete O'Brien (dark suit), Charlie J. Smith, John C. Chapman, Fred Crane, John Galvin (seated), Tom P. Pratt. Click photo to return to previous page.