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[Baseball player sliding into second base as throw arrives from third base] – Historic Reproduction

[Baseball player sliding into second base as throw arrives from third base], Cincinnati ; New York : The Strobridge Lith. Co., c1898 Mar. 17. — vintage poster
[Baseball player sliding into second base as throw arrives from third base], Cincinnati ; New York : The Strobridge Lith. Co., c1898 Mar. 17.. Vintage poster 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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A ballplayer slides headfirst toward second base just as the throw arrives from third, a moment of close timing that poster artists of the 1890s loved to freeze in color. The print was issued by the Strobridge Lithographing Company of Cincinnati, a firm known for chromolithographs that were printed in bright multicolor runs and often used to advertise businesses or sell to fans. Its copyright notice and date of about 1898 place it at the height of the decade when baseball was becoming a mass spectator sport, and the bold, action-filled composition reflects that growing popularity.

Created / publishedCincinnati ; New York : The Strobridge Lith. Co., c1898 Mar. 17.
Medium1 print (poster) : chromolithograph.
GenreAdvertisements 1890-1900.Sports posters 1890-1900.Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900.
NotesCopyright by The Strobridge Lith. Co. Cin. No. 1857.
SubjectsBaseball--1890-1900. Baseball players--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 872 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116431

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