Albany Nationals team portrait

National Nine, of Albany, 1866.

Studio group portrait of the 1866 National Base Ball Club of Albany, New York. Nine players stand in a row with six officers seated on chairs interspersed between the players. Players wear uniforms consisting of long-sleeved, button-down shirts, full-length trousers, and a belt lettered "National." Lansing (at far right) holds a cap ornamented with a star and a bat. Waddell (the pitcher) holds a ball. A scorebook rests on the table in front of Bruce (scorer).

Many of the players wear silk ribbons printed with the club names of opposing teams pinned to their jerseys. Photographer's stands are visible amongst the club members' feet and chair legs.

Identifications printed on mount below image: [Standing from left to right] Lansing. Sprague. Ertzberger. Wolverton. Bush. Ross, Capt. Johnson. Waddell. McClure. [Seated] Wm. H. McClure, Trea. J.E. Soule, Sec'y. H.B. Clement, Vice-Pres. Wm. Bruce, Jr., Scorer. J. P. [i.e. T.] Lansing, Pres't. T.W. Cantwell, Cor Sec'y.