Al Schacht & Nick Altrock, 10/4/24 – Vintage 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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A window into the past: Al Schacht & Nick Altrock, 10/4/24, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Al Schacht & Nick Altrock, 10/4/24
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Al Schacht and Nick Altrock, the comedic coaches known as the "Clown Princes of Baseball," are the pair named in this record. Both had been major league pitchers before turning to comedy, and in the 1920s they entertained crowds with pregame routines that mocked the game while the players warmed up. The date on the negative, October 4, 1924, matches the opening game of that year's World Series, which Washington hosted at Griffith Stadium. Faint streaks and blemishes on the glass are typical of aging emulsion coatings.
| Created / published | [19]24 October 4. |
|---|---|
| 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 three. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,474 × 4,412 px · prints to 18 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-241641 |
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