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baseballart
03-29-2014, 04:37 PM
Thanks to John Thorn for posting this link elsewhere. Simply incredible images

http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-c37f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99/book?parent=6c7dc4f0-c5f5-012f-ff48-58d385a7bc34#page/217/mode/2up
x2drich2000
03-29-2014, 04:44 PM
Absolutely agree, great images, Dan Casey looks possessed in some of the images

DJ
BlueSky
03-29-2014, 04:45 PM
Really amazing stuff.

Thanks for sharing the link. That's why I love the web. I get to see stuff that I would probably never get to see in person.
Jay Wolt
03-29-2014, 05:38 PM
Great images, some I've seen already on Kalamazoo Bats
Fantastic, thanks for the link Max
Kawika
03-29-2014, 06:22 PM
A mother lode of 19th Century baseball images. K-Bat Heaven. Just what I needed to enable me to procrastinate doing my taxes. Thanks, Max.
Jason
03-29-2014, 06:56 PM
Thank you for sharing that.I agree very nice pictures.Those Wright's were a weird looking bunch.
bmarlowe1
03-29-2014, 08:05 PM
Interesting article about the collection can be found here (page 8):

http://sabr.box.com/shared/static/55x2dknyy5xd1jbmc6ln.pdf
Bicem
03-29-2014, 09:04 PM
simply amazing.
barrysloate
03-30-2014, 04:54 AM
Living in New York, I've visited the collection numerous times over the years. It's interesting to note how many duplicates are included. In some cases there are ten examples of the same image. I wonder why Spalding stockpiled like that.
Jcfowler6
03-30-2014, 05:24 AM
Wow! If that doesn't get the collecting juices flowing nothing will. What great images!
bmarlowe1
03-30-2014, 12:17 PM
Living in New York, I've visited the collection numerous times over the years. It's interesting to note how many duplicates are included. In some cases there are ten examples of the same image. I wonder why Spalding stockpiled like that.

Yes I have also noticed the duplicates. I think it's also worth noting that there is nothing new (as far as I can tell) with respect to what's available online at the link that started this thread. The easily searchable NYPL Spalding collection page has been up for as long as I can remember -
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?col_id=198

All that is new at the new link Max posted is the nifty book-like presentation. However, it does not appear to be searchable and repeats all the same errors.