Photograph of Only Known 19th Century Women's Baseball Team in Pelham, New York

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Given my love, for the game, I continue to document every reference I find about baseball played in Pelham during the 19th century.  Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog publishes for the first time the only known photograph of a 19th century women's

1894 Account of Developments In Pelham Including a Reference to a Baseball Game Played that Year

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In yesterday's Blog posting, I collected numerous accounts of baseball played in Pelham during the 19th century.  Today's posting transcribes an article published in the May 10, 1894 issue of The Chronicle [Mount Vernon].  At the very end of the article, there

Late 19th Century Photos of Students with Tennis Rackets at Mrs. Hazen's School for Girls in Pelham Manor

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During the late 1880s, The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York had a star teacher. Her name was Emily Hall Hazen. A few Pelham Manor landowners coveted the teacher’s talents and experience. They still were trying to develop the remnants of the

1891 Advertisement May Reflect Summer Rental of One of the Dormitories of Mrs. Hazen's School for Girls

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During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Mrs. Hazen's School for Girls in Pelham Manor became one of the nation's finest "finishing schools" for young women. As the school grew in stature, it grew in size with numerous dormitories to house the young women.

Golf at Pelham Manor in 1895

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.Pelham has a long tradition of supporting the ancient sport of golf. Indeed, I have written before about golf in Pelham. See Bell, Blake, The Early Days of Golf in Pelham, The Pelham Weekly, Vol. XIII, No. 36, Sep. 10, 2004, p. 12, col. 2.One of the early efforts to

Pelham Manor, A Lovely Summer Resort of the 1890s

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.There was a time when New Yorkers viewed Pelham Manor as a lovely, breezy summer resort and playground for the wealthy. Even as late as the 1890s, during the summer Mrs. Hazen's School for Girls converted its lovely school buildings into guest cottages filled with

The Infamous Burglary of the Girls of Mrs. Hazen's School for Girls in Pelham Manor in 1905

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a school for girls stood at the corner of Boston Post Road and Esplanade in Pelham Manor. It was known as Mrs. Hazen's School for Girls.In 1905, an employee of the school committed what became an infamous crime; she