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[Ty Cobb, Detroit AL (baseball)] – Antique Print

[Ty Cobb, Detroit AL (baseball)], c1915 Feb. 19. — historic photograph
[Ty Cobb, Detroit AL (baseball)], c1915 Feb. 19.. Historic photograph from the Baseball collection.

(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 [Ty Cobb, Detroit AL (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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[Ty Cobb, Detroit AL (baseball)]

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Few players of the deadball era drew as much attention as Ty Cobb, the Detroit outfielder shown in this portrait, which is dated around February 19, 1915. The print comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, part of the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency whose pictures went out to newspapers across the country, so it shows how players were presented to the public at the time. Cobb spent his career with Detroit in the American League and was known for his fierce hitting and aggressive base running. Researchers with the Society for American Baseball Research's Pictorial History Committee worked out the title and date in 2006.

Created / publishedc1915 Feb. 19.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreGroup portraits 1910-1920.Portrait photographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesTitle based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006. Title from caption card and item: Ty Cobb. LOT subdivision subject: Baseball - Players, alphabetially arranged. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsBaseball players--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,115 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116495

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