Identifier	ov111
Title	J. D. Black with Baseball Teammates
Creator	Unknown;
Date Created	circa 1905
Description	Group portrait of young J. D. (John David) Black with unidentified youths, presumably baseball players and his teammaters. Black holds catcher's mitt, baseball bat, and baseball. Youth to his left holds catcher's mask. Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Background	J(ohn) D(avid) Black (1893-1960), also known as Jack, was a resident of both Big Pine and Bishop, California, during his lifetime. He operated stores in both towns and had some mining interestes. He was a leader in the fight of Big Pine for reparations from the City of Los Angeles during the Owens Valley Water Controversy, of the 1920s. His wife was Sophie Louise Black (1895-1989), nee Staudinger; the couple had three daughters.
Type	image;
Physical Description	1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 cm
Institution	Center for the Study of Los Angeles Research Collection, Loyola Marymount University
Collection Identifier	http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3w1022nb
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	Public Domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Language	eng;
Subject (Name)	Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960;
Subject (Place)	Owens Valley (Calif.);
Subject (Topic)	Baseball; Baseball players--California--Owens Valley--20th century; Youth--Recreation--California--Owens Valley;
Form/Genre	Cabinet photographs; Photographs;
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number	J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 3: Photographs, Box 3, Sleeve 29