1903 National League Composite Photo

[bcbgcbrcb]

Very cool, Tom!

[Jaybird]

How Sweet is that! How large is the photo? Looks like upper left is a little blurry but otherwise really neat photographic evidence of a fantastic piece.

Nice pickup.

[sporteq]

what's the size of the display? Is it also possible to post a snap-shot of the back?

Many Thanks,
al

[bobbvc]

These were cut from a Horner team composite. Not sure of year.

[bigtrain]

Unfortunately, the photo is only 8 x 10 and is blank on the back. Most of the other pics have stamps on the back that indicate they came from the "Examiner reference library" and date from the 40s and 50s. One file contains copies of Geo. Burke team photos of the Cubs and White Sox of the 30s and early 40s,so I am thinking this is a Chicago newspaper file.

[bigtrain]

I will try to figure out how to post a larger picture so you can see more detail. Meanwhile, here is another pic from the archive. Dated Aug 25, 1958. "Examiner School All-stars in N.Y." with a high school star named Santo, third from the left.

[terjung]

I have seen the original of that composite. (Actually, I seem to remember knowing of two of them.) One was in a display at the National a year or two ago. The composite itself was pretty large and an incredible piece. I'll have to see if I can find more info about it.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by bigtrain

Unfortunately, the photo is only 8 x 10 and is blank on the back. Most of the other pics have stamps on the back that indicate they came from the "Examiner reference library" and date from the 40s and 50s. One file contains copies of Geo. Burke team photos of the Cubs and White Sox of the 30s and early 40s,so I am thinking this is a Chicago newspaper file.

I believe the photos that are stamped "Examiner Reference Library" on the back are actually from the San Francisco Examiner, one of the first large newspaper photo archives to be broken up and sold to the public in recent years. Though based out of Chicago, George Burke's photographs found their way into many archives across the country in the 1930's and 1940's, including the Examiner.