Tris Speaker, Boston, AL (baseball) – Antique Wall Art
![Tris Speaker, Boston, AL (baseball), [1911] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/96/966bcd597fd7-L.webp)
(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 Tris Speaker, Boston, AL (baseball). An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Tris Speaker, Boston, AL (baseball)
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Tris Speaker, the Boston Americans' center fielder, is the subject of this 1911 glass negative from the Bain News Service, a New York agency that sold news photographs to papers across the country. In 1911 the team still played at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, two seasons before Fenway Park opened, and Speaker was becoming known for his range and his aggressive positioning in the outfield. The date and title come from later research by the Society for American Baseball Research, so the exact timing is an informed estimate. The small glass plate format was standard for newspaper work of the period, when quick portraits of players could run beside game coverage the next day.
| Created / published | [1911] |
|---|---|
| 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: Speaker, Boston. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006. Temp. note: Batch two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,810 × 4,254 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10458 |
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