Dick Hennessy, New York Giants batboy and mascot, at the Polo Grounds, New York (baseball) – Vintage Wall Art
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(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 Dick Hennessy, New York Giants batboy and mascot, at the Polo Grounds, New York (baseball). The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Dick Hennessy, New York Giants batboy and mascot, at the Polo Grounds, New York (baseball)
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Dick Hennessy, a batboy and mascot for the New York Giants, is the subject of this view taken at the Polo Grounds, the team's home ballpark in upper Manhattan. The image is a glass negative from the Bain News Service, a photo agency that sold pictures of New York news, sports, and street life to newspapers. Around 1913, the Giants were among the strongest clubs in the National League, and team batboys and mascots were a familiar presence on the sidelines. The picture offers a glimpse of everyday game-day life from that era.
| Created / published | [ca. 1913] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: Hennessey, NY. Title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,729 × 4,153 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-15692 |
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