Antique Portrait - Washington DC - Rival All-Star managers. Washington – Vintage Photo Print
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Antique Portrait - Washington DC - Rival All-Star managers. Washington
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The title pairs two managers as "rival All-Star" figures, and the studio's stamp points to Washington, so this is a Washington portrait of a baseball matchup rather than a game scene. Harris & Ewing, a Washington studio founded in 1905, made thousands of formal portraits of politicians, officials and sports figures, and its sitters were often posed for newspapers and wire services. The May 29, 1939 date falls about six weeks before the midseason All-Star Game in New York, so the picture captures the publicity that surrounded the rivalry before the teams met that summer. Viewers interested in 1930s baseball may find the staging of the pose useful for reading how managers were presented to the public in that era.
| Created / published | [19]39 May 29. |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Harris & Ewing |
| Original scan | 929 × 745 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HAR-99541 |
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