Nap Lajoie photograph

Date1903 or 1904

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie posing with a baseball bat. He stands relaxed in a right-handed hitter's stance looking at the photographer. Lajoie's feet are shoulder length apart and his elbows are around his waistline. Lajoie wears an away Cleveland Naps uniform. Based on the uniform details, this photograph was taken in 1903 or 1904. Lajoie stands in foul territory on the third base side. Behind Lajoie are opposing players wearing white uniforms and a kneeling umpire in black. One may see the infield dirt and the outfield grass with surrounded by a high wall. All people are unidentified, and the field is unidentified.

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0191

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer Keystone View Company

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Lajoie, Napoleon, 1874-1959

Subject Cleveland Guardians (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Duplicate/Alternate CopyBL-4007-99

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions4.5 x 3.75 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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