• 1914 World Series Program - TVL1970

[Garry Herrmann, owner, Cincinnati Reds (baseball)] (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

[Garry Herrmann, owner, Cincinnati Reds (baseball)]

[1914]

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

Notes:
 Original data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: Garry Hermann -- Oldering.
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).

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.17539

Call Number: LC-B2- 3262-8

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  1. TVL1970 (13 months ago | reply)

    Cincinnati Reds owner Garry Herrmann holding a 1914 World Series "Souvenir Score Book" at Philadelphia's Shibe Park.

    See:

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    RiverBear2010 added this photo to his favorites. (13 months ago)

  3. The Library of Congress (13 months ago | reply)

    @TVL1970: Thanks for sending the score book image; it sure looks like a match to the pages in Herrmann's hands! Why elephants? -- Helena

  4. TVL1970 (13 months ago | reply)

    As per Wikipedia:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Athletics#Eleph ant_mascot
    Elephant mascot
    After New York Giants' manager John McGraw told reporters that Philadelphia manufacturer Benjamin Shibe, who owned the controlling interest in the new team, had a "white elephant on his hands," Mack defiantly adopted the white elephant as the team mascot, and presented McGraw with a stuffed toy elephant at the start of the 1905 World Series. McGraw and Mack had known each other for years, and McGraw accepted it graciously. By 1909, the A's were wearing an elephant logo on their sweaters, and in 1918 it turned up on the regular uniform jersey for the first time. Over the years the elephant has appeared in several different colors. It is currently forest green. The A’s are still sometimes, though infrequently, referred to as the "Elephants" or "White Elephants."

    The elephant was retired as team mascot in 1963 by then-owner Charles O. Finley in favor of a Missouri mule (it was also rumored to have been done by Finley in order to attract fans from the then heavily Democratic constituents of Missouri by replacing the traditional Republican mascot to one associated with Democrats). In 1988, the elephant was restored as the symbol of the Athletics and currently adorns the left sleeve of home and road uniforms. The Elephant Mascot returned briefly in the mid-'80s, under the name Harry Elephante. In 1997, the elephant returned, taking its current form: Stomper.

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    DoubleBen added this photo to their favorites. (13 months ago)

  6. Wystan (13 months ago | reply)

    Another Bain photo of Garry Herrmann:

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