Fred Merkle, New York NL (baseball) – Vintage Wall Art
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(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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Step back in time with Fred Merkle, New York NL (baseball), a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Fred Merkle, New York NL (baseball)
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Fred Merkle, the New York Giants first baseman, is shown scoring on a home run, according to the Bain News Service caption dated October 10, 1913, which spells his name "Merkel." Merkle was best known for a baserunning mistake in a September 1908 game that cost the Giants a win, a reputation that followed him for the rest of his career. The Bain agency photographed many players and games in the 1910s, and this glass negative is one of its action shots. Researchers at the Society for American Baseball Research later confirmed the title and date.
| Created / published | [1913] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: Merkel scores home run 10/10/13. Title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,729 × 4,197 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-15708 |
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