US Patent No. 287331 Mask for Base Ball Catchers by AK Schaap October 23 1883 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap Andrew Jackson President of the

Andrew Jackson President of the United States 1833

Battle of Chickamauga

when the West Side Grounds belonged to Brown and his impossible

The parlor here is a balm

where Main Street meant cattle drives and courthouse domes rose like small capitols

US Patent No. 287331 Mask for Base Ball Catchers by AK Schaap October 23 1883 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap Andrew Jackson President of theUs Patent No. 287331 Mask for Base Ball Catchers by Ak Schaap October 23 1883 A. K. Schaap's 1883 schematic shows a wire cage shaped to the human face in an age when catchers still crouched bare handed behind the plate, every padded strap and forehead brace drawn with the gravity of a man designing armor for a sport that had only just decided its players were worth protecting. About the Source Bella Frye sources sports artifacts from American archives