Baseball - opening day. – Historic Reproduction
(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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Baseball - opening day.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Dated April 2, 1914, this print captures a baseball scene tied to a single day, the opening of the season. The record does not name the teams, the ballpark, or the photographer, so the picture is best read through its period. In 1914, baseball was the leading spectator sport in America, and opening day often drew large crowds to ballparks in many cities. That year the upstart Federal League was competing with the established major leagues for fans and players.
| Created / published | 1914 April 2. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | Baseball--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,026 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172213 |
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