Our Baseball Heroes: Captains of the Twelve Clubs in the National League – Historic Print
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Our Baseball Heroes: Captains of the Twelve Clubs in the National League comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Our Baseball Heroes: Captains of the Twelve Clubs in the National League
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The title sets this piece apart as a group portrait of team captains, one for each of the twelve clubs in the National League, rather than a single player or a game in progress. Baseball's National League was organized in 1876, and its roster of clubs grew and shifted over the following decades, so a count of twelve places the work in the later years of the nineteenth century. Pictures like this were popular then, when fans followed their teams through newspapers, cigarette cards and printed sheets that put faces to the names in the box score. The captains of that era led their teams on the field and often held more authority over lineups and tactics than managers did.
| Original scan | 6,606 × 4,692 px · prints to 22 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 55 |
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