181 - Original vintage black-and-white silver gelatin photograph featuring a highly historic group portrait of the legendary Estrellas Cubanas (Cuban Stars) women's baseball team, dating to circa 1947. This extraordinary team portrait captures fourteen players in matching uniforms alongside their male manager on the playing field. The players are sporting matching caps, belts, and distinct jersey patches reading "Estrellas Cubanas", with several kneeling players in the front row donning vintage leather fielders' mitts and a catcher's chest protector.

Original vintage black-and-white silver gelatin photograph featuring a highly historic group portrait of the legendary Estrellas Cubanas (Cuban Stars) women's baseball team, dating to circa 1947. This extraordinary team portrait captures fourteen players in matching uniforms alongside their male manager on the playing field. The players are sporting matching caps, belts, and distinct jersey patches reading "Estrellas Cubanas", with several kneeling players in the front row donning vintage leather fielders' mitts and a catcher's chest protector. The reverse of the photograph contains a faint, authentic handwritten pencil inscription reading: "El Parque Marte", denoting the historic athletic and parade grounds in Havana, Cuba, where the team trained and competed. Formed in the mid-1940s and modeled directly after the American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), the Estrellas Cubanas are foundational pioneers of international women's sports history. When the AAGPBL famously moved its entire spring training out of the United States to Havana, Cuba, in the spring of 1947, the Estrellas Cubanas played highly publicized exhibition games against the touring American women. This team served as the ultimate launchpad for iconic Cuban players like Isabel "Lefty" Álvarez, Luisa Gallegos, and Mirtha Marrero, who were discovered during these encounters and subsequently traveled to the United States to join the AAGPBL (a storied league later immortalized in the film A League of Their Own) This breathtaking photograph represents a museum-grade artifact documenting a critical, pre-Revolutionary intersection of Cuban athletic culture and women's professional baseball history. It is beautifully preserved in its original, unedited state with wonderful clarity, rich mid-tones, and light age-toning and silvering that underscores its mid-century authenticity. Medium: Original vintage silver gelatin photograph Provenance: From the inventories of Artelisted. Note on Dimensions: The photo dimensions are Approx. 10" x 8". Some minor size variances can occur. THIS IS A RESERVE AUCTION, and the final price will include a Buyer’s Premium. Please, view our full terms and conditions. ARTELISTED IS LICENSED IN THE US STATES OF FLORIDA AND TEXAS. All the items purchased through Artelisted must be shipped. We no longer offer or accept local pick-ups for any sold lots. The shipment will be made directly by Artelisted. Shipping insurance is the responsibility of the buyer. Ask us if you want to add insurance cost. Note that if there is loss or damage due to bad handling by the transporter, this loss will be assumed only by the buyer. We mainly ship via USPS Ground Advantage, UPS and Fedex International. If you do not pay during the 48 hrs after the end of the event, your credit card on file will be charged 2 days after the auction. All items must be paid in full within five (5) days of the sale date. Any lots remaining unpaid after the 5-day period will be considered and reported in default. The unpaid items may be re-sold at Artelisted sole discretion and without further notice to the original bidder. Items returned to our facility after shipping (for any reason, including undeliverable addresses or refused delivery) will be held for a maximum of thirty (30) days. To have a returned item shipped again, the buyer must pay all new shipping and handling fees. If re-shipping fees are not paid within the 30-day holding period, the items will be considered forfeited. In such cases, no refunds will be issued, and the items may be re-sold at the auction house's discretion. We have included quality images showing its current condition. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.