[Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox baseball player, batting] – Antique Print
![[Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox baseball player, batting] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/05/0519cd8fc21d-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of [Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox baseball player, batting] brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox baseball player, batting]
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From a contact sheet, this small frame preserves the working stage of a photographer's assignment, when a row of exposures let editors choose the strongest shots. Ted Williams, the Boston Red Sox outfielder, is shown batting, and the September 8, 1955 date added to Look magazine's library places the picture in the middle of his long career with Boston. Williams was known for his hitting and intense focus at the plate, and Look, a general-interest illustrated weekly, used pictures like this to bring athletes to a national readership. Sheets such as this one show how many frames were made before any single image was selected for print.
| Medium | 1 photographic print (contact sheet frame) |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1955 Sept. 8 (date added to Look's library) |
| Subjects | Williams, Ted,--1918-2002--Sports. Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)--People. Baseball--1950-1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,861 × 4,936 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-213878 |
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