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Batter at the plate, scoreboard reading N.Y. vs CLEVE – Historic Reproduction

Batter at the plate, scoreboard reading N.Y. vs CLEVE — historic image
Batter at the plate, scoreboard reading N.Y. vs CLEVE. Historic image from the Baseball collection.

(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: Batter at the plate, scoreboard reading N.Y. vs CLEVE, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Batter at the plate, scoreboard reading N.Y. vs CLEVE

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The scoreboard in this picture spells out "N.Y. vs CLEVE," which pins the game to a matchup between the New York and Cleveland clubs, and the batter at the plate is the focal point of the frame. Early baseball photographs like this one were difficult to make, since cameras needed long exposures and players were often captured in a moment of stillness, so images of a batter squared up at home plate tend to carry a sense of anticipation. Pictures from this era also record the ballpark itself: the scoreboard, the crowd edges, and the simple layout of the field. Look closely at the scoreboard and the pitcher's position behind the batter to get a sense of how the game was staged and watched.

Original scan5,808 × 4,796 px · prints to 19 × 16 in at 300 dpi
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