Our Baseball Heroes - Captains Of The Twelve Clubs In The National League – Antique Wall Art
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A window into the past: Our Baseball Heroes - Captains Of The Twelve Clubs In The National League, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Our Baseball Heroes - Captains Of The Twelve Clubs In The National League
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A portrait sheet of the team captains of the twelve National League clubs, it gathers the men who led their teams on the field into one collection, which was a common way to present sports celebrities to the public in the 1890s. The National League had expanded to twelve clubs in the early 1890s, and captains of that era were the players who set lineups and spoke for their teams. The sheet's placement among railroad images is fitting, since professional teams of the period traveled between cities by train, making rail routes central to the game's growth.
| Created / published | c. 1895 |
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| Medium | Note: Print shows bust portraits of the captains of the twelve baseball teams in the National League, arranged around a scene showing a base-runner attempting to steal second base during a baseball game. Clockwise, from the top are: George Davis of New York, Michael J. Griffin of Brooklyn, William "Buck" Ewing of Cincinnati, John A. Boyle of Philadelphia, Oliver W. "Patsy" Tebeau of Cleveland, John Wesley Glasscock of Louisville, Edward C. Cartwright of Washington, Connie Mack of Pittsburg, George F. "Doggie" Miller of St. Louis, Billy Nash of Boston, Wilbert Robinson of Baltimore, and Adrian "Cap" Anson of Chicago. |
| Notes | Richard K. Fox (New York). c. 1895 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 6,606 × 4,838 px · prints to 22 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 24 |
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