Washington baseball club in 1888 – Vintage Wall Art
(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 print of Washington baseball club in 1888 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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Washington baseball club in 1888
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A team photographed in Washington, D.C., in 1888 offers a glimpse of baseball as it was still turning into a professional business. That year the city's entry was most likely the Washington Nationals of the American Association, which played its home games in the capital. Because this is a halftone print, it was probably reproduced from an original photograph using a process that became common in newspapers and magazines around 1900. The caption details are unverified, so the exact players and occasion remain open to research.
| Created / published | 1888 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Sports--Baseball--1888; Wash. (D.C.)--Misc--1888; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,291 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-149219 |
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