Every Other Sunday

Every Other Sunday

Slaughter Hanson, Birmingham, Alabama, 1999

Description

Printed in a limited run, Every Other Sunday was produced as a commemorative item for display. The book tells the story of Alabama’s Birmingham Black Barons, one of the most successful baseball teams in the Negro League history. From 1920 until its breakup in the early ‘60s, the Barons’ home games at Rickwood Field were scheduled on Sunday afternoons to alternate with major league teams. The audience for this book is really fanatical sports historians and civil rights researchers. The die-cut calendar numbers are the actual three months of Sundays that the Black Barons 1948 team—the most historic Negro League champs—played. Starting center fielder was a 16-year-old rookie, Willie Mays.

Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 1999
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book cover

Credits

Design firm
Slaughter Hanson
Creative director/designer
Marion English Powers
Photographer
Kansas City Negro League Museum
Production coordinator
Stacey Pope
Author
Christopher D. Fullerton
Trim size
5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches
Typefaces
Industrial, Alternate Gothic, Bell Gothic
Printer
Ad Shop
Paper
Sappi/Strobe Dull
Binder
Birmingham Publishing
Publisher/client
R. Boozer Press
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