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Congressional Baseball Game

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Congressmen Play Baseball, 1912

Popularity of the game grew quickly, and the 1912 Congressional Baseball Game was featured in this New York Times photo spread. Then as now, players often wore uniforms of home district teams.

“Congressmen Play Baseball,” New York Times, 1912, Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

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