One photograph, measuring about 13" x 10" (within a frame measuring 25" x 21"). Mounted on a typical period cardstock. Mount is generally dust-soiled, but still presentable, and the image is clean, with a few forgiveable scratches. The period framing, while attractive from the front, is a real patchwork from behind. We have not examined the photograph out of frame. Overall, a very good example. Pencil notation (possibly the photographer's) at bottom right, just below the image. Brockton, a factory town near Boston, was home to some of the earliest New England League baseball teams. It's hard to identify from this photograph, but this squad could either be the Brockton Shoemakers, the Brockton Bees, or the Brockton Tigers (or possibly a few other short-lived teams). The player/manager of the original 1885 Brockton team was Bill "Gunner Mcgunnigle, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and is credited with inventing the catcher's mitt in the mid-1880s (SABR). While McGunnigle does not seem to be in this photographe, there is a catcher's mitt visible behind the catcher's mask. By appearances, this photo likely dates to the 1890s. A striking, unusually large turn-of-the-century New England baseball photograph featuring a Brockton team with ties to the inventory of the catcher's mitt. The photograph. Seller Inventory # 6276

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Bibliographic Details

Title: [BASEBALL] [PHOTOGRAPHY] Brockton, ...

Publisher: [no publisher given], [Brockton, MA]

Publication Date: 1890

Condition: Very good

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As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.

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