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Pittsburgh Pirates Who Are Playing For The 1905 Pennant – Antique Wall Art

Pittsburgh Pirates Who Are Playing For The 1905 Pennant, 1905 — historic image
Pittsburgh Pirates Who Are Playing For The 1905 Pennant, 1905. Historic image from the Pittsburgh collection.

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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Pittsburgh Pirates Who Are Playing For The 1905 Pennant. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Pittsburgh Pirates Who Are Playing For The 1905 Pennant

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The title frames this as a team picture of players competing for the 1905 pennant, so the focus is on the Pirates roster that season rather than a ballpark or a single game. That year the club, managed by outfielder Fred Clarke, pushed hard for the National League flag and finished second to the New York Giants. The Pirates were one of the strongest clubs of the early 1900s, built around shortstop Honus Wagner, whose play made him one of the most famous players of his era. Team portraits like this one were common at the time and offer a record of the players who made up a contender in a city that followed its baseball closely.

Created / published1905
Original scan2,700 × 1,024 px · prints to 9 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferencePA Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Team 1905

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