Set of 13 different 5x7" glass negatives come in original box marked "The Stanley Dry Plate/Eastman Kodak Co." Scattered box wear, VG. All negatives feature images of players in uniform, two are full team images while the others are of one or two players in game action shots and/or poses. All are show online in addition to computer generated positive images to showcase the photos but no prints have been made or are included. During the first two decades of the 20th Century, the Royal Poinciana Hotel Baseball Club included many notable Negro League baseball greats brought to Florida during the winter to play after the Negro League season was over.
We believe these slides date to 1912-1913 and includes players from the Brooklyn Royal Giants including Jap Payne, Walter Ball, Pearl Webster, Frank Wickware, Sam Crawford, Frank Earle and Bill Handy. This is evidenced by two players who are shown in their Giants uniforms while the rest of the team wears their Royal Poinciana uniforms. Slides have some edge wear here and there including tiny corner tip chip and/or small traces of image wear to extreme edges but nothing at all significant, images are not affected and all remain structurally sound, no cracks. Overall Fine to VF but w/Exc. images. Rare and fragile artifacts documenting a team that holds a unique place in the history of the Negro Leagues. From the Richard Merkin Collection and comes with Hake’s COA.