Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section of Edgmont Township. Gradyville Hotel is in the background. The men are posed in the side yard of the Gradyville Store.
Ribbons read: 36th Anniversary of Howellville Base Ball Club, June 8, 1902. Edward. D. Baker is second from left; see him with his violin in AP-8258. Jesse R. Baker, his son, is at far right. Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section of Edgmont Township. Appleton's index entry reads: Gradyville 3 or 4 generations of ball players, Joseph Pratt, ___ Pratt, ___Pratt, E. D. Baker, J. R. Baker.
Appleton's index entry reads: Gradyville team or old Howellville Team, 1892." These were likely the players from that team. Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section of Edgmont Township.
Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section of Edgmont Township. Appleton's index entry: "Gradyville team, old members and president of Howellville Club"
Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section of Edgmont Township. Appleton's index entry: "Gradyville Media old players, Media Team at Gradyville"
Untitled, but ribbons identify this as 42nd anniversary of the Howellville Baseball Club, 1866-1908. Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section of Edgmont Township, Pa.
Untitled, but ribbons identify this as 42nd anniversary of the Howellville Baseball Club, 1866-1908. Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section of Edgmont Township, Pa.
Untitled, but ribbons identify this as 42nd anniversary of the Howellville Baseball Club, 1866-1908. Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section of Edgmont Township, Pa.
No title, but same women are in this picture and AP-9074-3, so this is likely picnic for Howellville Baseball Club's 42nd Anniversary, 1908. Howellville was an early name for the Gradyville section of Edgmont Township. Jane Levis Carter, in Edgmont: The Story of a Township (483), includes this photograph, and identifies the location of this picnic supper as the side yard of the Gradyville Hotel.
According to an October 1, 1902 article in the Chester Times, this reunion was in celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Baker, "two of Edgmont township's eldest and most venerable people…'Uncle Ed,' as he is familiarly known, brought out his violin, and despite his advanced years played some music which set the feet to moving involuntarily....A feature of the day was a great photographing scene, in which the entire company posed in front of the camera of photographer S. H. Appleton, of Media. Among the lot were two old ladies, who were invalids, and who were wheeled in front of the camera....Mrs. Baker was Miss Lydia A. Cummins...sister of the late James R. Cummins...and an aunt of Dutton Otley Cummins, of Media....Mr. Baker...was a noted baseball player in the early sixties. One child of their union is Jesse R. Baker, the genial storekeeper at Gradyville..."
A gathering either before or after a baseball game. This photo had been marked “Unknown.” Large thermometer labeled "Ball & Rhodes, Media Pa." laying horizontally near steps. Two men sitting on steps and man at top of steps wearing ribbons that resemble Howellville baseball anniversary ribbons worn by various people in AP-9074. Two men in baseball uniforms sitting at bottom of steps. Jesse Baker, storekeeper, is at the top of the steps, posing with friend Stephen Smith and a couple of deer heads. Identification confirmed by photographs in Jane Carter Levis, Edgmont: The Story of a Township (464, 512).
Provenance: given by Thomas S. Fields to Edward V. Streeper; then Chick Heavens gave it to the MHAC. Print of Appleton AP-8209. Probably taken at Baker's General Store in Gradyville section of Edgmont Township. Streeper's list is lost; and the typed list probably has the back row backwards. Best IDs for this group as follows: Left to right: Standing: Andy Dalton, Horace W. Manley, Marshall Altemus, Thomas Vernon Cooper, William Williamson, Thomas Stinson Fields, and A. C. W. Mathues. Keeling: Dr. Benjamin Mott Underhill, Isaac E. Johnson Esq., A Wilson "Diddy" Mathues, and Harvey Knight. See Chester Times article about this game, August 4, 1904, page 3
