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Lot # 32: 1910s-20s New York Professional Baseball Photos By Bain Collection (27)

Starting Bid: $500.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "December 2005",
which ran from 11/22/2005 12:00 AM to
11/30/2005 9:00 PM



This is a great collection of vintage photographs from the teens and early 1920’s of New York baseball by famous New York photographer George Grantham Bain. He started his own photo service in 1898 and most of this collection of 27 shots includes a stamp with his name and business address of the service. 90 percent of the shots have the player’s name written either on the top or the bottom of the image. Photos are 4 x 5” except for two that are 3.5 x 5.5”. Seven of them have an additional red white and blue stamp from Culver Service Photos Research in Manhattan. Overall the photos are in VG to Excellent condition. Look nicer than the technical grade. Players from the New York Yankees/Highlanders, New York Giants and the Brooklyn Robins include an early shot of future Yankee `Murderer’s Row’ member, third baseman Bob Meusel, Birdie Cree, Dick Gossett, Lute Boone, Marty McHale, Hippo Vaughn, Wheezer Dell, George Burns, Lute Boone, Alex Burr, Bill Reynolds, Hack Simmons, Harry Williams, Joe Ward and Russell Ford.

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