[Bob Bescher, Cincinnati, NL (baseball)] (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

[Bob Bescher, Cincinnati, NL (baseball)]

[1908]

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

Notes:
 Original data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: Bescher, Cin.
Corrected title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Subjects:
 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

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.10506

Call Number: LC-B2- 2411-15

Comments and faves

  1. artolog (65 months ago | reply)

    He held the NL single-season stolen base record (81 in 1911) until Maury Wills broke it in 1962

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  3. Jonathon Van Gilder (65 months ago | reply)

    This is so cool! Love this stuff. Go baseball - do you think he was on steroids? Cheers, and Go Yanks! Best, Jon

  4. jgarber (65 months ago | reply)

    For more about the subject, check out the Bob Bescher entry on Wikipedia.

  5. lobbiaz (65 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Art & Sport, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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    Daniel (80年代), UncutRaw, peezeth, FateWineRoses, and 7 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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