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

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[Bob Bescher, Cincinnati, NL (baseball)] (LOC) by The Library of Congress.
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

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.10506

Call Number: LC-B2- 2411-15 
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artolog  Pro User  says:

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

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

For more about the subject, check out the Bob Bescher entry on Wikipedia.
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lobbiaz  Pro User  says:

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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