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[Washington fielder applies tag to ball player sliding into base] – Vintage Print

[Washington fielder applies tag to ball player sliding into base], [between 1910 and 1930] — historic photograph
[Washington fielder applies tag to ball player sliding into base], [between 1910 and 1930]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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 Washington fielder reaches down to tag a sliding runner just before the ball meets the bag, a close play caught mid-motion. The picture comes from the National Photo Company Collection, work made by a Washington, D.C., studio in the early twentieth century, when the local Senators were a fixture of the American League. Sliding into base was a common tactic then, and such plays often hinged on an umpire's split-second call. Dated only to between 1910 and 1930, the print offers a glimpse of the game in the nation's capital during those years.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1930]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1930.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsWashington Senators (Baseball team : 1886-1960) Sliding--1910-1930. Baseball--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1930. Baseball players--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1930. Sports officiating--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan917 × 752 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210905

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