08/27/2026
This month's entry in our new Artifact of the Month feature (seen below) is a cabinet card photograph of the 1902 Little Rock Travelers professional baseball team. Cabinet cards were photographs mounted on heavy card stock paper or paperboard, suitable for display on a shelf or cabinet. They were typically 4-by-6 inches in size, and the larger size allowed for detailed identifying information to be included. The Little Rock Travelers were a minor league team that was a charter member of the Southern Association, which operated from 1901 to 1961. Spanning much of the Deep South, the league included the Atlanta Crackers, Birmingham Barons, Chattanooga Lookouts, Memphis Chicks, Nashville Vols and New Orleans Pelicans, among others. The 1902 Travelers played their home games in West End Park, which is now the site of Little Rock Central High School's Quigley Stadium. For more on the history of the Travelers, visit https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/arkansas-travelers-baseball-team-1180/
The Old State House Museum began collecting artifacts of Arkansas history in the 1950s. Images and descriptions of many of the artifacts are available online on our website. You can view our collections by exploring different topics, like "Medicine in Arkansas" or "Arkansas Eateries." Alternatively, if you are looking for a particular item, you can search the collection by keyword.
To view and search our collections, including this cabinet card, go to https://collections.oldstatehouse.com/collections
