Eppa Rixey, Philadelphia NL, at left, Erskine Mayer, Philadelphia NL, at center, and unknown player at right at the Polo Grounds, New York – 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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Eppa Rixey, Philadelphia NL, at left, Erskine Mayer, Philadelphia NL, at center, and unknown player at right at the Polo Grounds, New York comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Eppa Rixey, Philadelphia NL, at left, Erskine Mayer, Philadelphia NL, at center, and unknown player at right at the Polo Grounds, New York
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Pitchers Eppa Rixey, at left, and Erskine Mayer, at center, stand beside an unidentified Phillies player in this view taken at the Polo Grounds in New York. The Giants were the home team there, so the Philadelphia players were visitors. Rixey later won election to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and both pitchers were on the Phillies staff in the early 1910s. The picture comes from the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency whose glass negatives are held in the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress. The 1913 date is bracketed in the record, so it is an estimate.
| 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: Mayer, Phils. 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,673 × 4,122 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-13517 |
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