@SwillWater80@KeithOlbermann The Fort Mackinac baseball team, known as the Never Sweats in the late 1880s, always played on the rear parade ground behind the fort.
@SwillWater80@KeithOlbermann The men obviously brought their baseball gear with them as the sport was all the rage at the time. The Foley Brothers started their island photography business in the 1880s and continued until 1895. William H. Gardiner began operating his photography business in 1896.
@SwillWater80@KeithOlbermann This is probably taken on the public pasture (today's Grand Hotel Golf Course) c. 1880s-1890s. The pasture was used for Regimental summer encampments in the 1880s and 1890s bringing together U.S. soldiers and men from the Michigan State Troops.
@KeithOlbermann I know you're a baseball history guru. Wanted to share this cabinet card I recently purchased from an estate in California.
A couple of AI models on Perplexity say this could be a team photo of the Mackinac Island Never Sweats.
Do you know anything about it?
At the White House, Vice President JD Vance tried to lift the CFP Championship Trophy, and it broke apart in his hands. A perfect metaphor for the Trump administration.
Jan 20, 1973 - flags were flown at half-staff at the inauguration of Richard Nixon after former President Harry S. Truman died on Dec 26, 1972 [ Library of Congress photo ]