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Photo, Print, Drawing Portraits of baseball players for the Boston Beaneaters baseball team in 1897 and 1899 / Elmer Chickering.

About this Item

Title

  • Portraits of baseball players for the Boston Beaneaters baseball team in 1897 and 1899 / Elmer Chickering.

Summary

  • Portrait photographs of Boston Beaneaters baseball players on cabinet card mounts submitted for copyright deposit. Cabinet cards depict players in head-and-shoulders portraits and with companion full-length studio portraits, wearing team uniform and hat. Cards from the later copyright deposit do not have the studio backdrop and the players are not wearing hats. Set lacks full-length portrait for player Bobby Lowe. Portraits from the 1897 copyright deposit are mounted on cards stamped: Elmer Chickering, 21 West St. Boston. Portraits from the 1899 [i.e., 1902] copyright deposit are inscribed: Copyright by E. Chickering 99.

Names

  • Chickering, Elmer, photographer
  • Chickering, Elmer, copyright claimant
  • Selee, Frank Gibson, 1859-1909, copyright claimant

Created / Published

  • c1897, c1899 [i.e., c1902 June]

Headings

  • -  Boston Braves (Baseball team)--People--1890-1900
  • -  Baseball players--Massachusetts--Boston--1890-1900

Format Headings

  • Albumen prints--1890-1900.
  • Cabinet photographs--1890-1900.
  • Collodion printing-out paper prints--1890-1900.
  • Portrait photographs--1890-1900.

Genre

  • Portrait photographs--1890-1900
  • Cabinet photographs--1890-1900
  • Albumen prints--1890-1900
  • Collodion printing-out paper prints--1890-1900

Notes

  • -  Arrangement: Organized into 1 album; Arrangement: Arranged into 2 groups by copyright deposit date, then alphabetically within each group by player surname.
  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Each card has a copyright deposit stamp and inscribed number on the back.
  • -  Copyright 1897 by F.G. Selee and F.O. Woodruff.
  • -  Copyright 1899 [i.e., 1902] by E. Chickering.
  • -  Players for the 1897 Beaneaters include: Bob Allen, Jimmy Collins, Hugh Duffy, Charlie Ganzel, Charles A. "Kid" Nichols, Charles S. "Chick" Stall, Jack E. Stivetts, Jim Sullivan, Fred Tenney, and George Yeager.
  • -  Players for the 1899 Beaneaters include: Harvey Bailey, Bobby Lowe, Jouett Meekin, and Billy Sullivan.
  • -  Team rosters for the Boston Beaneaters, 1897 and 1899 seasons, can be found online under the team name Atlanta Braves at: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ External

Medium

  • 27 photographic prints : matte collodion and albumen ; 6.5 x 4.25 in. (card mount)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13829-A (H) [P&P]

Repository

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2008678937

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image

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  • Call Number: LOT 13829-A (H) [P&P]
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Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Chickering, Elmer, Copyright Claimant, and Frank Gibson Selee, Chickering, Elmer, photographer. Portraits of baseball players for the Boston Beaneaters baseball team inand 1899 / Elmer Chickering. Massachusetts Boston, ca. 1897. [, c1899 i.e., c1902 June] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2008678937/.

APA citation style:

Chickering, E. & Selee, F. G., Chickering, E., photographer. (ca. 1897) Portraits of baseball players for the Boston Beaneaters baseball team inand 1899 / Elmer Chickering. Massachusetts Boston, ca. 1897. [, c1899 i.e., c1902 June] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2008678937/.

MLA citation style:

Chickering, Elmer, Copyright Claimant, and Frank Gibson Selee, photographer by Chickering, Elmer. Portraits of baseball players for the Boston Beaneaters baseball team inand 1899 / Elmer Chickering. [, c1899 i.e., c1902 June] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2008678937/>.