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Jordan & Herzog at First, baseball lithograph card – Historic Reproduction

Jordan & Herzog at First, baseball lithograph card — antique lithograph
Jordan & Herzog at First, baseball lithograph card. Antique lithograph 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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Jordan & Herzog at First, baseball lithograph card. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Jordan & Herzog at First, baseball lithograph card

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Two infielders, Jordan and Herzog, are shown together at first base, a spot where a throw from the infield had to be caught in time to retire a runner. The title names the men and the position but gives no other details, so the scene reads as a moment of teamwork on the bases rather than a specific game. Lithograph cards like this were printed in large runs and often packed with tobacco or sold as collectible inserts, which is why many survive today in varying states of wear. The color printing and simple composition show how baseball images were made for mass audiences in the early twentieth century.

Original scan2,876 × 2,064 px · prints to 10 × 7 in at 300 dpi
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