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[Roger Bresnahan, catching for the New York Giants while a Pittsburgh Pirate player is at bat] – Vintage Print

[Roger Bresnahan, catching for the New York Giants while a Pittsburgh Pirate player is at bat], [1908 Sept. 18] — historic photograph
[Roger Bresnahan, catching for the New York Giants while a Pittsburgh Pirate player is at bat], [1908 Sept. 18]. 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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A window into the past: [Roger Bresnahan, catching for the New York Giants while a Pittsburgh Pirate player is at bat], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Here the camera catches Roger Bresnahan crouched behind the plate for the New York Giants while a Pittsburgh Pirates batter waits in the box. Bresnahan, nicknamed "the Duke," was a catcher known for his quick hands and for popularizing shin guards, which he began wearing after an injury in 1907. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news photographs taken for the Bain News Service, and it dates to the hard-fought National League pennant race of 1908. Library staff devised the title, so the scene is best read as a snapshot of the everyday work of catching in the early 1900s.

Created / published[1908 Sept. 18]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsBresnahan, Roger,--1879-1944. Baseball--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,196 × 3,615 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi
Referencetif18473_RogerBresnahancatchingfortheNe

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