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Lou Gehrig, famous Yankee first baseman – Vintage Wall Art

Lou Gehrig, famous Yankee first baseman, 1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph. — historic image
Lou Gehrig, famous Yankee first baseman, 1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph.. Historic image 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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Step back in time with Lou Gehrig, famous Yankee first baseman, a historic image rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Lou Gehrig, the Yankees' first baseman, is caught here on a stereograph, a paired-image card meant to be viewed through a hand stereoscope so the picture seemed to hang in three dimensions. The card was issued by the Keystone View Company of Meadville, Pennsylvania, a firm that sold these views widely around 1930. Gehrig was at the height of his fame then, playing alongside Babe Ruth and holding the streak of consecutive games that would earn him the nickname "The Iron Horse.

Created / published1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesMeadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, c1930.
SubjectsGehrig, Lou,--1903-1941. New York Yankees (Baseball team)--People--1930. Baseball players--New York (State)--New York--1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,766 × 2,945 px · prints to 19 × 10 in at 300 dpi
Referencetif18599_LouGehrigfamousYankeefirstbase

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