A Comprehensive View of Base Ball, satirical lithograph of baseball scenes – Antique Photo Print
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Step back in time with A Comprehensive View of Base Ball, satirical lithograph of baseball scenes, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
A Comprehensive View of Base Ball, satirical lithograph of baseball scenes
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A Comprehensive View of Base Ball" stands out for its satirical approach: rather than showing one game, it packs many scenes of play, mishap, and crowd behavior into a single sheet. Lithography was a cheap, popular way to reproduce images in the decades after the Civil War, when baseball was shifting from a loosely organized amateur pastime toward a professional sport with paying spectators. Cartoonists of the period often used exaggeration to poke fun at players, umpires, and fans, so the humor here is a useful guide to how Americans of that era viewed the new national game. Look closely at the small vignettes, which reward careful reading.
| Original scan | 7,834 × 6,476 px · prints to 26 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
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