My New Favorite Vintage Black Basketball Photograph

On March 3, 2010, in Basic, Community, Culture, History, by Black Fives

The team and its players on this vintage photograph of an African American basketball team in 1931 remain unidentified, but I still appreciate the stories it tells.

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Independent Pleasure Club Cage Shirt

On November 18, 2009, in , by Black Fives

<< Previous Style | Cage Shirts | Next Style >> Independent Pleasure Club Cage Shirt Forest Green, Ivory, Black. This is the road game basketball cage shirt of the Independent Pleasure Club basketball team, which played in Orange, New Jersey during the 1910s. This cage shirt is faithfully reproduced to the times, using antique chain-stitch [...]

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Book of Postcards

On November 16, 2009, in , by Black Fives

Thirty high-quality over-sized postcards of vintage rarely-seen Black Fives Era images by the industry-leading printed products company Pomegranate Publishing.

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