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67_Palmer
08-01-2013, 07:59 AM
Is there a good source for public baseball photos from the 50's on the internet?
JoeyF1981
08-01-2013, 11:02 AM
Is there a good source for public baseball photos from the 50's on the internet?
Henry Yee's auctions on ebay are the best source for original photos. I think he has one coming up in september.
67_Palmer
08-01-2013, 11:06 AM
Thanks, though I'm not talking for purchase. Something similar to http://www.shorpy.com
Similar to this but with more baseball related photos.
thecatspajamas
08-01-2013, 11:07 AM
Are you talking about for purchasing original photos, or purchasing modern reprints, or just grabbing images?
JoeyF1981
08-01-2013, 11:17 AM
Thanks, though I'm not talking for purchase. Something similar to http://www.shorpy.com
Similar to this but with more baseball related photos.
Oh i see what youre looking for. I think if you go to the baseball hall of fame website they have a photo archive section
The Library of Congress has a lot of high quality early baseball photos for free use online, but I don't know what they have from later.
One thing is the copyright issues. Early photos say 1910 usually have no copyright restrictions, while a lot of 1950s might.
As the LOC is a government entity, most of its stuff offered is free of use. That's why NASA photos are free-- we citizens pay for NASA so their photos are public domain.
But I'd see what the Library of Congress has.
I thought Life magazine put a ton of their photos online too. I don't know if it's free or what are the restrictions, but they'd have 1950s baseball photos.
67_Palmer
08-01-2013, 07:49 PM
Thanks, the Library of Congress archive is awesome.
67_Palmer
08-04-2013, 07:20 PM
Here's some beautiful color BB photos from the 50's.