2000.49.3

1949-1952
10 in HIGH x 8 in WIDE
(25.40 cm HIGH x 20.32 cm WIDE)
Purchase from the Estate of Marcenia Lyle Alberga, a.k.a. Toni (Tomboy) Stone.
2000.49.3


This is a photograph of Toni Stone (Marcenia Lyle Alberga), an African-American female baseball player. In this photo Toni is leaning over first base with her glove on the bag and a baseball in her glove. Toni is in uniform and the front reads "Creoles" which is the team in New Orleans that she played for between 1949 and 1952. Toni is looking down at the ground in front of her. The background is the outfield fence in which various advertisements can be seen.

Used: Negro Baseball League

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