The minor league Baltimore Orioles entered the Governors' Cup playoffs in the International circuit in 1936, 1937, and 1940, but did not win a pennant until the "war year" of 1944. The team was leading the League on July 4 of that year, when their home wooden and steel beamed stadium, Oriole Park (formerly Terrapin Park of 1914), burned down. Even after relocating several blocks northwest to the old 1922 football bowl of Municipal Stadium on 33rd Street Boulevard (also known as "Baltimore Stadium"), the team seemed to have a hard time recovering from that loss, playing lackluster ball through the rest of the season. The Orioles, under manager Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas, went on to win the "Junior World Series" that year, four games to two, against Louisville. Six years later, with the shackles of war-time baseball cast off, in 1950, under manager Nick Cullop, Baltimore won the league championship again, only to lose the "Junior World Series" to the Columbus Red Birds of Ohio, four games to one. In 2001, the Orioles teams of 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924 were recognized as being among the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time.

This 1937 Baltimore Orioles 8" x 10.25" team photo is in good condition with some light creasing and some wear around the edges. It features the 1937 Baltimore Orioles team with facsimile signatures. This photo was produced by Herfel's Studio, which operated in Baltimore throughout the early 1900's.