The Lightning Strikers. Winners of the Ladies Indoor Baseball League Trophy, Nome, Alaska, 1914.
Nome: Lomen Brothers, 1914. Silver gelatin print, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Women’s baseball evolved alongside men’s leagues beginning in the 1860s, with many teams and leagues appearing throughout the following decades, often playing indoors and often unrecorded in the annals of baseball history. Women’s baseball was particularly popular.....