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African-American Girl Sees Base Ball at Elysian Fields

Salience Noteworthy
Tags African Americans
Location New Jersey
Age of Players Adult
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"Along with chores and family time at home, there were excursions farther afield.  Maritcha [Lyons] recalled day trips across the Hudson to the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, where people took in baseball games, had picnics, and revelled in other fresh-air activities."

 

 

 

Sources

Tonya Bolden, Maritcha: A Nineteenth Century American Girl (Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2005), page 12. 

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Maritcha Lyons was born in New York City in 1848.

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Submitted by George Thompson
Submission Note 19CBB Posting, July 2012



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