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Oscar Charleston

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10115 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1925 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; Order a Copy

One photograph of Oscar Charleston in his Cuban Winter League Almendares baseball uniform dated 1925. Charleston hit .361 lifetime during his 9 years playing baseball in Cuba. He was elected into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.

Charleston, Oscar, 1896-1954

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