Honus Wagner Selecting a Bat photograph

Datecirca 1909

DescriptionA sepia-toned, full-length portrait of Wagner dressed in uniform and his team sweater, squatting with a baseball bat in his hands, contemplating a line of bats resting on the ground. He is balanced on the edge of the planking in front of the Pittsburgh Pirates dugout. The photo has been dated to circa 1909 due to a newspaper clipping showing the photo used in 1910.

Object numberB-1957-0337-01

Subject Wagner, Honus, 1874-1955

Subject Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 012 Hall of Famer photographic materials

Dimensionsw x h: 10 x 8 in.

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