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[Herman Malloy, Detroit Baseball Club player, full-length portrait, in uniform, facing front] – Antique Photo Print

[Herman Malloy, Detroit Baseball Club player, full-length portrait, in uniform, facing front], [1908] — historic photograph
[Herman Malloy, Detroit Baseball Club player, full-length portrait, in uniform, facing front], [1908]. 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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Herman Malloy stands in full uniform, facing the camera, in this 1908 portrait of a Detroit Tigers player. Bain News Service, the New York photo agency run by George Grantham Bain, produced many images like it, capturing ballplayers for newspapers that were eager for pictures of the sport's stars and rising players. The Tigers were then one of the strongest teams in the American League, built around Ty Cobb, so a portrait of a lesser-known pitcher like Malloy offers a view of the team's broader roster. Full-length studio-style images of this kind were less common than head-and-shoulders shots, which makes the pose and complete uniform worth a closer look.

Created / published[1908]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Bain News Service photograph. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsMalloy, Herman,--1885-1942--Sports. Detroit Tigers (Baseball team)--People--1900-1910. Baseball players--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,209 × 5,162 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210886

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