Hugh Duffy, centre fielder of Boston Base Ball Club, and champion batsman of the world – Antique Print
(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 window into the past: Hugh Duffy, centre fielder of Boston Base Ball Club, and champion batsman of the world, preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Hugh Duffy, centre fielder of Boston Base Ball Club, and champion batsman of the world
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Hugh Duffy is the subject here, shown as the center fielder of the Boston Base Ball Club, a title the print's caption promotes with the boast "champion batsman of the world." Duffy was a real star of the 1890s: in 1894 he hit .438 for the Boston team in the National League, a season that still stands as one of the highest batting averages in major league history. Publisher George D. Ide issued the print around 1895, when baseball cards and lithographed player portraits were popular collectibles. Notice that the image is a color halftone, a reproduction process that let printers turn photographs and paintings into inexpensive, mass-produced pictures.
| Created / published | Boston : Published by Geo. D. Ide, c1895. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone, color. |
| Genre | Portraits 1890-1900.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1890-1900. |
| Subjects | Duffy, Hugh,--1866-1954. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,117 × 5,118 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-199501 |
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