Snapshots of the Past

Four Red Sox players seated on dugout bench, names written above – Antique Print

Four Red Sox players seated on dugout bench, names written above — historic image
Four Red Sox players seated on dugout bench, names written above. Historic image from the Baseball collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Four Red Sox players seated on dugout bench, names written above, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful 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.

Four Red Sox players seated on dugout bench, names written above

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Four players sit in a row on a wooden dugout bench, their names lettered in ink above them, a detail that turns an ordinary team pose into a record of who was on the roster that day. Red Sox teams of the early twentieth century often posed this way for photographers working along the sidelines, when cameras were bulky and a team picture could take real effort to arrange. The handwritten names are worth studying, since they help identify players and tie the image to a specific season, and the simple bench setting shows how clubs documented themselves long before team photos became routine.

Original scan5,166 × 3,137 px · prints to 17 × 10 in at 300 dpi
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