Show your Baseball Ambrotypes

[Leon]

Thanks for showing the dags, guys. They are very cool.
After quite a bit of internet searching I found around 3 Amrbotypes of baseball. Two were in a museum (Or Library of Congress) and one was posted on this board years ago, though I am not positive it was an Ambrotype, I think it was. I know of one member who has one but it is probably buried too deep in his collection to dig out and show . I also read where Barry S (hey Barry) had mentioned in a thread years ago he thought there might be around a dozen. Does anyone have some pics of one they can at least show?

ps....Michael- thanks for the legwork. I don't think it's a far leap to go with your first example above as that is the exact name and the time frames make sense.

[bgar3]

Leon, really tremendous piece. It may the one you refer to, but the only one I know of has 2 people, a bat and a ball if I recall properly. Certainly there are not that many in existence.

[rman444]

Leon

This is the ambro you may be thinking of

[Leon]

Yeap....I think it was said to be an ambrotype at the time. That is a wonderful photo. Do you have any other info on it? it was that one and the 2? in David Cycleback's book that I was able to find and that was all. I am sure there are some more, only not online.

Originally Posted by rman444

Leon

This is the ambro you may be thinking of

[GaryPassamonte]

I've said this before. For my taste, that is one of the best (very) early baseball images I have seen.

[ruth-gehrig]

Fantastic pickup Leon! Im really digging the early stuff lately. (As opposed to the latest stuff earlier )

[ramram]

Outstanding ambro Leon. You can also add a piece of black felt behind the image to make up for any loss of the black, however, the attached paper does complicate the issue.

Would love to see that boy try to swing that colossal piece of lumber.

Rob M