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[Baseball player sliding into second base as throw arrives from third base] – Vintage Wall Art

[Baseball player sliding into second base as throw arrives from third base], Cincinnati ; New York : The Strobridge Lith. Co., c1898 Mar. 17. — vintage poster
[Baseball player sliding into second base as throw arrives from third base], Cincinnati ; New York : The Strobridge Lith. Co., c1898 Mar. 17.. Vintage poster 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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This vintage poster of [Baseball player sliding into second base as throw arrives from third base] brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Here a baseball player slides headfirst... actually, the record shows him sliding feet-first into second base just as the throw comes in from third, a moment that captures the close plays that defined the game in the 1890s. The chromolithograph was produced by The Strobridge Lithographing Company, a Cincinnati firm known for bright color posters and advertising prints in that era. Sporting images like this one were widely printed to appeal to fans and to sell products, and they offer a vivid record of how ballplayers and their gear were pictured at the close of the nineteenth century.

Created / publishedCincinnati ; New York : The Strobridge Lith. Co., c1898 Mar. 17.
Medium1 print (poster) : chromolithograph.
GenreAdvertisements 1890-1900.Sports posters 1890-1900.Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900.
NotesCopyright by The Strobridge Lith. Co. Cin. No. 1857.
SubjectsBaseball--1890-1900. Baseball players--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 2,776 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-215184

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