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At bat, Mrs. Richie; catcher, Fannie Gearhart – Historic Reproduction

At bat, Mrs. Richie; catcher, Fannie Gearhart, [1919] — historic photograph
At bat, Mrs. Richie; catcher, Fannie Gearhart, [1919]. Historic photograph from the Baseball collection.

(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 At bat, Mrs. Richie; catcher, Fannie Gearhart. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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At bat, Mrs. Richie; catcher, Fannie Gearhart

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At bat is Mrs. Richie, with Fannie Gearhart serving as catcher behind the plate in this 1919 glass negative. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio that recorded sports and public life in the 1910s and 1920s, made the image, and the names come from the studio's own notes, which have not been independently verified. Women's baseball exhibition games drew crowds in that period, and pictures like this one show women taking on a sport often seen as a male preserve. The glass plate shows streaks and blemishes from the natural deterioration of its original coating.

Created / published[1919]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch one.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan4,368 × 3,594 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-229757

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