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Choosing A Five Cent Novel from The Rucker Archive
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It’s about 1905 and I’m down at the store looking at the new five cent novels that just came in. I love the covers, they’re so bright and bold, with…
Is This The First Cuban Baseball Card? asks The Rucker Archive
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This Cuban baseball card has me intrigued. The card shown, featuring a photo of the Almendares Blues – or Bando Azul, was advertised as a cabinet card, and indeed the…
Baseball player Marty Marion Flying In
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Baseball player Marty Marion takes advantage. The ball has come in – one bounce right smack in the palm of Chicago Cubs third baseman Stan Hack. Fleet footed Marty Marion…
A Simple Baseball Tintype of Fremont Base Ball Club circa 1870s
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A simple baseball tintype of nine players lined up in an Iowa field, but so nicely composed, and taken outdoors, too. So many tintypes were made in the studio that…
Camera Catches a Mudhens Meeting?
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The cameraman appears to have interrupted some kind of meeting taking place before a Mudhens baseball game in Toledo. The man with the papers appears to be laughing off the interjection,…
Chicago White Sox playing the New York Giants in London
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The Chicago White Sox are playing the New York Giants in Wembley Stadium in October 1924. I imagine this dialogue between catcher, Harry Danning (HD) of the Giants and batter…
Baseball Game In Sheboygan
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It’s warm-up time just before a game in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in the heartland of America. The stands are pretty full already, the uniforms are clean and bright, but the day…
Tears Of A Baseball Clown – Nick Altrock Clowning in Griffith Stadium
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Did baseball clown Nick Altrock really have fun mocking himself in front of Griffith Stadium fans for all those years? He put on a good show and he was always…
Cody, Wyoming Horsewomen in Their Baseball Uniforms
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Here are some Cody, Wyoming horsewomen who are very sure of themselves and clearly having fun in their baseball uniforms posing for the camera circa 1905. Photos are excellent at…
Demaree and Mathewson in Marlin Springs, TX
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Al Demaree is holding the ball, but he’s the least interesting character in this March 1912 photo. The New York Giants are in Marlin Springs, Texas for spring training, and…
Earliest Photo of a Big Time Baseball Game
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This could well be the earliest photo of a big time baseball game. The huge pennant of the Hudson River Base Ball Club flies above the field near Newburgh, New…
Encounter with Martin Dihigo in Havana’s Tropical Stadium
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This photograph of an encounter in Havana’s Tropical Stadium is alive not because of the key figure, Martin Dihigo, who stands toward the rear of the group wearing a straw hat. …
Cincinnati Red Stockings On The Field in 1890
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Oh, was my mind blown when I first saw this photograph of the Cincinnati Red Stockings on the field when it surfaced at a Christie’s auction in the late 1980s;…
Pirates Manager Frankie Frisch & Unidentified Umpire in Dispute
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Pittsburgh Pirates Manager Frankie Frisch and an unidentified umpire in dispute is one of the first baseball photos I ever kept. It is a story in itself, though the precise history and…
Baseball in Action Photography – Pure Beauty
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This baseball in action photo is pure aesthetics. No one famous, no critical moment, no historical reference, no statistic generated, and look, no one in the stands, either. But check…
