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• pologrounds
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• The Library of Congress 32 photos
• George Eastman Museum 1 photo
• U.S. National Archives 1 photo
• Florida Memory 1 photo
• The Library of Virginia 1 photo

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[Bennie Kauff, Brooklyn Federal League (baseball)] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  Played for the Tip Tops, then for the New York Giants for the next 5 seasons. Nickname: "Ty Cobb of the Federal League", stole 55 bases in 1915. www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=kauffbe01

• Pete (LOC P&P) said:

  Artolog: thanks for the additional information. We may update the record.

[James C. "Red" Smith, Brooklyn NL (baseball)] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 5 older comments, and then…
• james gallagher said:

  what is used to write on the negative glass?Does the library still have the glass negatives archived?

• Angela Orlando said:

  Amazing B&W candid capture...

• Zeno Watson said:

  Beauty!

• Skip Goforth said:

  The Boys of Summer!

• Stieglitzz65 said:

  Great! It's so clear, for photos of that era!

Youth baseball game in Tallahassee, Florida

from Florida Memory

• Roger W said:

  It looks like a left-handed catcher wearing a common fielder's glove.