[Stock poster showing runner sliding past catcher] – Historic Poster Reproduction
![[Stock poster showing runner sliding past catcher], 1897 — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0c/0c73982c3fec-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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A window into the past: [Stock poster showing runner sliding past catcher], preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Stock poster showing runner sliding past catcher]
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Unlike many baseball images of the period, this chromolithograph shows the moment of a slide, with a runner hurtling past a catcher toward the base. As a stock poster from 1897, it was a generic design that printers could sell to businesses, who would then add their own names and messages, so the image was meant to be reused rather than tied to one team or event. Sliding was still a relatively new and daring part of the game in the 1890s, and catchers of the era often worked without the protective gear used later. The print's bold color lithography also shows how advertising art of the late nineteenth century made sport a popular subject.
| Created / published | 1897 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph ; 39 15/16 x 30 in. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. C. no. 1844. · Skolimowski W. artist. |
| Subjects | Baseball--1890-1900. Baseball players--1890-1900. Sliding--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 7,713 × 10,184 px · prints to 26 × 34 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif09337_Stockpostershowingrunnerslidin |
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