Found at the Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market: Here’s a 100-year-old photo of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts YMCA basketball team from the 1910-1911 season. (Check out that handwriting on the ball. Coincidentally, 10-11 happens to be my birth date.)
The print is in fantastic shape, having been protected for the last century by a sturdy frame with some great patina to it. I love the look of the uniforms, and the solemn expression on each guy’s face. I tried talking the seller down on this one, but he knew how cool it is, and wouldn’t budge. (Although I heard he’d already dropped $50 from his asking price a day earlier by the time I came around.)
This is now hanging in the “corner office” area of my living room.
