Historical Portrait
[Icebox Chamberlain, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]
![[Icebox Chamberlain, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait], 1888 (Library of Congress)](/api/img/icebox-chamberlain-st-louis-browns-baseball-card-portrait-1888-k8xc3IwRLxKO8NFC9UWn.jpg)
Archive record
1 photographic print on cabinet card mount : albumen.
About this photograph
This cabinet card shows a baseball player identified as Icebox Chamberlain of the St. Louis Browns, produced by Goodwin & Co. in 1888. The photograph is an albumen print mounted on card stock, a standard format for baseball cards of the period.
No verified information is available about Chamberlain's career, when or where he played for the Browns, or details about his role on the team. The distinctive nickname "Icebox" appears in the archive record, but its origin is not documented in the available materials.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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