[Hank Gowdy, Boston NL (baseball)] (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
[Hank Gowdy, Boston NL (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: Gowdy.
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.17478
Call Number: LC-B2- 3256-14
Comments and faves
joshua black wilkins, m_dougherty, ajitartist, ElliottRobbins, and 27 other people added this photo to their favorites.
DarkAngelDay (14 months ago | reply)
Cool shot
Northern Pike (14 months ago | reply)
Great capture!
swanq (14 months ago | reply)
October 13, 1914 was the last day of the World Series, won by the Boston Braves in a four-game sweep. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914_World_Series
artolog (13 months ago | reply)
This was apparently taken at an earlier time, though, when the Braves were playing at the Polo Grounds in New York.
Gowdy was the hero of the Series that year for Boston.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Gowdy
Census Junkie (13 months ago | reply)
According to www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1914/VNY101914.ht m, the last game the Boston Braves played against NY at the Polo Grounds was on 10/3/1914. Perhaps the dates on the negative is when the photographer developed and printed the image.
artolog (13 months ago | reply)
..or when Bain acquired the picture for its archive?
Anyway, I see that the Braves were in New York for a six game homestand just before the end of the season, and that they had already clinched the pennant at that point (they ended up with a 10 1/2 game lead over the second place Giants.
It would have been logical for Bain, a New York outfit, to order up photos of the Braves players then.
www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1914/Y_1914.htm
Census Junkie (13 months ago | reply)
Kristi (LOC P&P) (11 months ago | reply)
artolog & swanq,
Thanks for the comments. I agree that the date of 10/13/14 on the negative may refer to when the photo was acquired by or copied by Bain, since it does show Gowdy at the Polo Grounds. We will add a bit more detail to the record.