February 19, 2010
Light Up
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A photo illustration commemorating the Pirates’ 1909 National League championship. The man in the water is Frank Chance, player-manager of the runner-up Chicago Cubs. On the plank is John McGraw, manager of the third-place New York Giants. And, oddly enough, the Pirates would best outfielder Davy Jones and the Detroit Tigers in the World Series that year. From the Library of Congress digital archives.
A 1910 baseball card for the Sacramento Sacts' Joseph Briggs. Images from the Library of Congress digital archives. There are no known restrictions on publication.
A 1908 baseball team of Indiana glass workers. Photograph from the Library of Congress digital archives, by Lewis Wickes Hine. There are no known restrictions on publication.
Photograph by army.arch. Republished per a Creative Commons license.
