Original baseball patented 1883 & S.D. Castle of Patent office, [10/8/25] – Antique Photo Print
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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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Original baseball patented 1883 & S.D. Castle of Patent office, [10/8/25]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Original baseball patented 1883 & S.D. Castle of Patent office, [10/8/25]
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A baseball tied to an 1883 patent and a Patent Office official named S.D. Castle anchor this 1925 glass negative from the National Photo Company. The title comes from information the company wrote on the negative sleeve and has not been independently verified, so the link between ball and official should be read with that caveat. The company, based in Washington, produced many pictures of government offices, objects and people for newspapers during these decades. Faint streaks and blemishes on the glass are the natural result of aging coatings, as the record notes.
| Created / published | [1925 October 8] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. 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 four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,572 × 5,614 px · prints to 15 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-243959 |
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