John E. "Eddie" Murphy, Philadelphia AL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball) – Antique Print
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(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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Step back in time with John E. "Eddie" Murphy, Philadelphia AL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball), a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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John E. "Eddie" Murphy, Philadelphia AL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)
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This glass negative shows Eddie Murphy, the Philadelphia Athletics outfielder, at the Polo Grounds in New York. The Bain News Service caption card identifies him only as "E. Murphy, Phila.," and the 1913 date comes from later research by the Society for American Baseball Research. Murphy was one of the fast, hard-running outfielders of the Athletics' dead-ball era, and that year the Athletics met the New York Giants in the World Series, a matchup played in part at the Giants' home ballpark. Bain's news photographers worked in New York and pictured players from visiting teams as well as local stars.
| Created / published | [1913] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: E. Murphy, Phila. Title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,828 × 4,209 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-15267 |
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