Levy's Department Store Baseball Team

Arcadia

The baseball team for Levy’s Department Store poses atop its building at Main and Walker Streets. Amateur baseball was enormously popular throughout the first half of the 20th century. A Houston City League had been formed in 1911, and the parks and recreation department began organizing play in 1924. (HMRC.)

As featured in Images of America - Houston's Sporting Life: 1900-1950.

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