[Germany Schaefer, Washington AL (baseball)] (LOC)

This might be an interesting photo for a BI presentation---millionth item scanned for the Prints & Photographs Division at the Library of Congress.

still wearing his mitt!

This would be so cool to have...

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Ohh *-*

"That's a badass camera steve"

sweet note....
pretty cool pic... even back then photogs were camera whores... haha.... takin pics of cameras...

One of the original convenient P&S cameras!

Haha that made me laugh because his face has your comment written all over it :)

Not big enough

Dude wait what

what the heck?

Creepy ist smile ever

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تسلم

وش جاب العربان هنا (:

Focal plane shutter

smile, your on candid camera.

Zoom or run-close lens :)

Agreed, haha

Can we get a bigger camera?

[Germany Schaefer, Washington AL (baseball)] (LOC) by The Library of Congress.

Bain News Service,, publisher.

[Germany Schaefer, Washington AL (baseball)]

[1911]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
This digital image represents the millionth item scanned for the Prints & Photographs Division at the Library of Congress.
Data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: Schaefer, Washington.
Photo shows Herman A. "Germany" Schaefer (1876-1919), one of the most entertaining characters in baseball history, trying out the other side of the camera during the Washington Senators visit to play the New York Highlanders in April, 1911. Germany Schaefer, a versatile infielder and quick baserunner, played most of his career with the Detroit Tigers and the Washington Senators. hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Subjects:
Baseball players.
Cameras.
Baseball

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09131

Call Number: LC-B2- 2189-6

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Comments

quasistoic says:

That camera is going on my Amazon wishlist right now.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

It'sGreg says:

Everybody needs a volkswagen-sized camera. This is brilliant.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Richard- says:

Wonderful image. I'm so glad the LOC is up here. This is going to be a heck of a lot of fun!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

kevan can't! says:

This is amazing.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

John Melskens (very busy....) says:

To carry that camera around all day....
Makes me glad we have digital cameras now.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

hasret_sali says:

i would like to have one of those cameras if you still have one like that
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Vidiot says:

www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.ph p?name=Germa...
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Walljet says:

Greetz from Germany to Germany :-)
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

_Jenny T Photography_ says:

Wow! The size of that camera!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

gelkinghe says:

This picture is of 1911. In a Dutch paper of may 1895 I found an ad for lighter camera's, special for ladies:
gelkinghe.web-log.nl/gelkinghe/2007/12/geen_v akkennis_.html
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

shinnphoto says:

Even back then people thought it was funny to take a picture of someone taking a picture. Some things never change.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Milou says:

That camera wouldnt fit in my purse!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

blognoxious says:

You might find this camera a little larger:

robroy.dyndns.info/lawrence/
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

danesller0127 says:

oh! i'm sure it's really heavy, but this camera delivered finest and clear photos, i wish i have those camera as my collections 'a vintage camera'.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

e_pics says:

Very funny that he is still wearing his glove! Must have been a novelty shot. Great to see the LOC here on flickr.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

dou_ble_you says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called In the Studio, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

photo-geek says:

and I thought I had it tough!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

dennis gray says:

What no auto focus
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Bookeditor says:

I don't think that's a camera--it may very well be the the first practice pitching machine...
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Daniel Greene says:

It's neat to see an old camera like that-- especially in the hands of a ballplayer!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Tiago Celestino says:

simplesmente muito show. Fico imaginando o peso disso.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Adjen says:

Pictures like this make me realize how dull digital cameras are. Imagine the same picture but with him using an iPhone camera? Nowhere near as flavorful.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

danperry.com says:

What a great shot.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Mute* says:

I love it! What a monster of a camera.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

da70 says:

Wow 1,000,000 digital pictures. Thanks for making these available. It sure makes it great for research.
Wonder where the picture is he took with that huge camera?
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

porkfork6 says:

Must have been a very chilly day in April, the gentleman in the background bundled up, and the ball player wearing longjohns under a woolen baseball uniform.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

jongoell says:

I believe that this particular camera is a Telephoto Graflex SLR that used 5x7 inch glass plates or film. The lenses were interchangable,
and were all long-focus types, usually pretty fast for the time (like f/4.5). The camera had a vertical-traveling cloth focal-plane shutter capable of action-stopping speeds like 1/1000 sec. It is similar to the type of camera used by Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Alfred Stieglitz and Paul Strand.

Jon
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Thomas Hardy says:

Beyond large.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

narendranst says:

The composition is awesome .. the flag and the crowd shows the image of the player and the edges remind us the age of the picture .. truly classical
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

vasco.r says:

Wonderful Picture.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

The Studio B Photography Atlanta Wedding Photos says:

This is wonderful...Everything is fantastic from the old fashioned camera, to the clothes, and baseball!!! Can't get more American than that!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Adopt a pet, save a Life AKA..definetlyoverdone says:

id love to see the photos taken by him...lol
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

CUSQUENIAN says:

Excelente fotografía...........!!!!!

Te invito cordialmente al grupo PHOTOGRAPHERS / FOTOGRAFOS y nos encantaría agregar esta y otras fotos tuyas sobre el tema. Saludos.......!!!!!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

CUSQUENIAN says:

Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado PHOTOGRAPHERS / FOTOGRAFOS y nos encantaría agregar tu foto al grupo.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

sxyblkmn says:

look at that cool ass camera

wonderful
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Prophet 1877 says:

wow. now that is a camera. these shots are all fascinating. :)
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

pacman2489 says:

Funny picture of Germany Schaefer. It is hilarious how he looks, how big the camera is and how he is holding it. Even the guy in the background with the top hat looks like he is laughing.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

luvdatrodinal says:

looks like a barrel lens

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Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Allan1952 says:

"This photograph is a WINNER!"

the BEST of Flickr!!!

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This photograph is a WINNER!
Best of Flickr
the BEST of Flickr!!!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Digital_Third_Eye says:

BEHOLD! the creator of FlickR and his camera!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

sigmaman says:

Fantastic image!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

mrdarius says:

last time the brewers were in the playoffs
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Hoelehoep says:

wow, hard to make a pic on the right time. Good one!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

nelder_g says:

Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado Antiguas y nos encantaría agregar esto al grupo.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

RUNURUN says:

this photo was very classic,fantastic and so bombasstic!!! i wish i can turn back the time...and be one of the humans in this photo =)
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

banjoray555 says:

Great photo of a pilar in photography. For our fellow photographers in the past their trade was no easy task, and their equipment cumbersome...but it worked as a stepping-stone for better equipment and lovely photos !!!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

todotienesulimite says:

Cuidate .
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

banjoray555 says:

I try my best to keep healthy and safe...
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

bonksie61 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Almost Anything FRUIT AND VEG COMP... Get entering., and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

PeacockDesigns says:

That's the "pocket" version large format. ;O)
What Backache?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

TPorter2006 says:

What a fabulous photo! Love the melding of sports and photography! I had no idea this ballplayer even existed, and we shared a last name at one time.

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Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

flickrolf says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Photographed Photographers, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

photomontart says:

"snap" .......now he's a shutterbug !
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

JeramieOK says:

I wonder if the tripod was horse drawn?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Raymond F says:

Think it comes with a back brace?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

CARLOSWEICK says:

espetacular memoria.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

weissfoto says:

Does this camera have a phone in it?
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

msokal says:

This is A photographer!. Nothing of mini digital cameras!.
Great find!.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

ReyGay says:

Looks like a portable washing mashine :D

...those cameras are awesome, I wish I own one, to be honest.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Mission Man says:

do think it would pass as hand luggage? lol!!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

RebelBlueAngel says:

Amazing camera! I bet the final print was amazing! Thanks for posting it.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Deadly Pixel says:

Damn! That has evolved!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

AndreiBudau says:

I think you had to be quite fit back then if you wanted to be a fotografer
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

shijirltf says:

太棒了我很喜欢照相，城市的噪音治理不是很好我经常去野外照相感觉非常的好。
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

john_dot_seals says:

Germany was quite a character back in the day. You can read about him in this book: www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Stole-First-Base/dp/08 78336338
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

m6sport™ says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Your favourite photos, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

fabiomoreira1974 says:

Foi o meu pai que tirou essa foto
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Multi_Colorido says:

Parabéns pela foto! Se destacou no meio de tantas outras aos meus olhos. Foto linda!!!
____________________________________________

Congratulations on the photo! It called my attention among many others. Beautiful picture!!!

Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

66Format says:

Amazing!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

denmark.yuzon says:

look at the size of that thing!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Rita Willaert says:

Good to see, we can't imagine!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

rockinshoe says:

I suppose it was a lot easier to go to the baseball park with that equipment than a national park.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

fotoJOXEAN-jose antonio andres gomez says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called BLACK & WHITE=BLANCO Y NEGRO, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

fotoJOXEAN-jose antonio andres gomez says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called AMPLIADORA =FILM "ojo solo fotos analogicas", and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

GHSIII says:

FABULOUS photograph!!! Thanks for bringing it!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

ⓅⒶⓎⓅⒶⓊⓁ says:

There were a number of shots taken of old cameras and their photographers. Not as much as today but it still was done.
This belongs In Explore!

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Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

ⓅⒶⓎⓅⒶⓊⓁ says:

No wonder it isn't in Explore. There's no EXIF data for Glass negatives.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Viajante says:

Germany Schaefer was born in 1876, not 1877.

The New York Highlanders ultimately became the New York Yankees.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Gigi Mazzarini (mazzarinieyes) says:

great... is not ultra slim cam
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

The Library of Congress says:

Viajante: It appears that you are correct about Germany's birth year. We found some citations for 1877 and some for 1876. A biographer from the Society for American Baseball Research helped us confirm the correction. Thanks for catching this! We'll correct the source data and the description above.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

swusch says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fotograf - photographer - photographe - el fotógrafo, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

OneSum says:

Warm Greetings:

This is an exemplary shot! We have to pause and really consider how far photography has really advanced and/or evolved. For those of us who have worked in (the chemistry end of) the earlier photography medium I'm sure there is the utmost respect, and appreciation for the craft, in those former days.

There was a whole preparation, process, and final rendition of whatever capture that was sought- it certainly wasn't instantaneous, but in fact the photographers of that day (beyond amateurs) had to think spontaneously and were often able to capture the most opportune moments. Sometimes the most dynamic moments weren't preplanned and when photographed in that manner it created a legacy of some of the most enduring images to date...

Truly, we can witness the science of photography at its best! Homage to all of the early trail blazers, pioneers, and those following after... It's a great legacy!

Tenga La Paz!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Achilles [deleted] says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Nation Of Domination. (We Rule The Universe), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

aut0maticdan says:

I thought finding polaroid 600 series film was difficult. I can only imagine trying to track down some glass negative 5x7 these days.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Joseph D'Angelo says:

The New York Highlanders, by the way, are the predecessors to the modern-day New York Yankees. They became the New York Yankees in 1913 when they moved to the Polo Grounds.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

xedcax says:

"This digital image represents the millionth item scanned for the Prints & Photographs Division at the Library of Congress."

Thank you for all of the work you are doing!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

das auge ! says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Wir haben`s schwarz auf weiss ONLY THE BEST IN B&W ART♥ ♥, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

It`s wonderful !
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

mafer-nriquez says:

camara portatil??!!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Lina-Sydney says:

I can't imagine how big the cary bag for such big camera like this or maybe backpack would be fit?.

I love we still have this one even on a pic
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Vintage Pleasant says:

oh the prehistoric era of the camera
shocking wht technology has come too
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

¦[ βσ šђίђαв῟ ]¦ says:

=9
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Ol'redneckbassfisherman says:

A google search revealed he was 35 when this picture was taken.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

# Like This? # | ±bd± says:

wow !! thats old !!!!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Eszticsii says:

amazing! O.o
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

edot_design says:

i like it
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

BlueLinden says:

really interesting. my apartment is smaller than that camera
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

tbower says:

And folks today complain about the weight and size of dSLR's...LOL!! ;-)
Posted 2 weeks ago. ( permalink )

KirkOls says:

Great, but does it come with drivers for OSX, Snow Leopard? :-)
Posted 2 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Salil Lawande says:

Ha ha ....good one kirk!
Posted 8 days ago. ( permalink )

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[Germany Schaefer, Washington AL (baseball)] (LOC)

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