Spalding NY Public Library collection

[baseballart]

Thanks to John Thorn for posting this link elsewhere. Simply incredible images

http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/i...e/217/mode/2up

[x2drich2000]

Absolutely agree, great images, Dan Casey looks possessed in some of the images

DJ

[BlueSky]

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]

Great images, some I've seen already on Kalamazoo Bats
Fantastic, thanks for the link Max

[Kawika]

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]

Thank you for sharing that.I agree very nice pictures.Those Wright's were a weird looking bunch.

[bmarlowe1]

Interesting article about the collection can be found here (page 8):

http://sabr.box.com/shared/static/55...xd1jbmc6ln.pdf

[Bicem]

simply amazing.

[barrysloate]

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]

Wow! If that doesn't get the collecting juices flowing nothing will. What great images!

[bmarlowe1]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

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/nypld...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.