National Baseball Commission, Jan. 1909--Left to right: Harry Pulliam, Aug. Herrmann, Ban Johnson, J.E. Bruce, Secy. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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This rare historic photograph captures National Baseball Commission, Jan. 1909--Left to right: Harry Pulliam, Aug. Herrmann, Ban Johnson, J.E. Bruce, Secy. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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National Baseball Commission, Jan. 1909--Left to right: Harry Pulliam, Aug. Herrmann, Ban Johnson, J.E. Bruce, Secy.
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Four men stand together in this January 1909 portrait of the National Baseball Commission, the body that oversaw relations between the National and American leagues. From left to right are Harry Pulliam, president of the National League; August Hermann, owner of the Cincinnati Reds and the commission's chairman; Ban Johnson, president of the American League; and John E. Bruce, the commission's secretary. The commission was created under the National Agreement of 1903 to settle disputes between the two leagues. The photograph comes from George Grantham Bain's collection of news photographs, which recorded prominent figures of the era.
| Created / published | 1909 Jan. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Group portraits 1900-1910.Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Sitters identified as: Harry Pulliam (President, National League), August Hermann (owner, Cincinnati Reds and president of the Commission), Ban Johnson (President, American League), John E. Bruce (secretary of the Commission and attorney for St. Louis Browns). Information provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2007. No. 633-5. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,051 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-163242 |
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