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Cardiff Giant (LOC)

Cardiff Giant (LOC) by The Library of Congress.
Bain News Service,, publisher.

Cardiff Giant

[no date recorded on caption card]

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

Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

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.13790

Call Number: LC-B2- 2781-13 

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Infrogmation  Pro User  says:

Cardiff Giant Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Giant
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pennylrichardsca  Pro User  says:

Heeee! I've seen the Cardiff Giant, went to visit Cooperstown as a kid, with my grandmother. I think it impressed me more, at the time, than the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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laurasmoncur  Pro User  says:

This is AWESOME! I had never heard of the Cardiff Giant until today! What a fun piece of history!
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budderflyman  Pro User  says:

Yeah, he actually played three seasons for the NY Giants before they figured out he was a fake.
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Michael_Hoskin  Pro User  says:

Then he tried running for public office. Oy, the scandals!
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dabblewit  Pro User  says:

ah, the artfully placed branch!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

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