Baseball player in Boston uniform with bat, cabinet card photograph – Historic Photograph Print
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Baseball player in Boston uniform with bat, cabinet card photograph comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Baseball player in Boston uniform with bat, cabinet card photograph
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A player in a Boston uniform, bat resting on his shoulder, is posed in a studio setting typical of the cabinet card, a mounted format that became popular in the 1870s and 1880s. Photographers of the era often staged ballplayers with bats and gloves, so the pose reflects the early professional game's growing public profile as much as the sitter himself. Cabinet cards were sold to fans and collectors, which is why so many survive from the period, and the Boston club's uniform is a useful clue for dating and identifying the team the sitter played for.
| Original scan | 3,749 × 5,701 px · prints to 12 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif18581_MichaelJKingKelly |
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