Saier, Chicago Cubs – Antique Print
(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 rare historic photograph captures Saier, Chicago Cubs in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Saier, Chicago Cubs
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Vic Saier, the Chicago Cubs first baseman, is the subject of this glass negative, one of many player portraits the Bain News Service produced in the 1910s. Saier spent most of his major league career with the Cubs in the years before World War I, when the team was building its following in Chicago. The Bain agency, a New York photo service founded by George Grantham Bain, sold pictures to newspapers and magazines, so images like this one moved quickly from plate to print. The record gives no date, and its title comes from unverified caption data, so the exact occasion remains unknown.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,773 × 4,241 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-17990 |
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