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[Ty Cobb, Detroit, and Joe Jackson, Cleveland, standing alongside each other, each holding bats] – Historic Print

[Ty Cobb, Detroit, and Joe Jackson, Cleveland, standing alongside each other, each holding bats], c1913. — historic photograph
[Ty Cobb, Detroit, and Joe Jackson, Cleveland, standing alongside each other, each holding bats], c1913.. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Ty Cobb, Detroit, and Joe Jackson, Cleveland, standing alongside each other, each holding bats]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Two of the American League's best hitters of the early 1910s stand side by side here, each gripping a bat: Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers and Joe Jackson of the Cleveland Naps. The picture was registered for copyright in September 1913, and the Library of Congress dates it to about that year. Its title was devised by Library staff, so the portrait reflects how the men were promoted and photographed in the period rather than a caption from the time. Cobb and Jackson were rivals on the field, and seeing them posed together shows how the press and the public paired the league's top batsmen.

Created / publishedc1913.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreGroup portraits 1910-1920.Portrait photographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ185290 U.S. Copyright Office. Title devised by Library staff. Copyright Sept. 1913.
SubjectsJackson, Joe,--1888-1951. Cobb, Ty,--1886-1961. Baseball players--Ohio--Cleveland--1910-1920. Baseball players--Michigan--Detroit--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,974 × 6,745 px · prints to 17 × 22 in at 300 dpi
Referencetif18474_TyCobbDetroitandJoeJacksonClev

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