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TITLE:  [Germany Schaefer, Washington AL (baseball)]

CALL NUMBER:  LC-B2- 2189-6[P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-ggbain-09131 (digital file from original neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:  Photo shows Herman A. "Germany" Schaefer (1876-1919), one of the most entertaining characters in baseball history, trying out the other side of the camera during the Washington Senators visit to play the New York Highlanders in April, 1911. Germany Schaefer, a versatile infielder and quick baserunner, played most of his career with the Detroit Tigers and the Washington Senators. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

MEDIUM:  1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [1911] (date created or published later by Bain)

CREATOR:

Bain News Service, publisher.

NOTES:

This digital image represents the millionth item scanned for the Prints & Photographs Division at the Library of Congress.

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: Schaefer, Washington.

General information about the Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Additional information about this photograph might be available through the Flickr Commons project at http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162646403

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TOPICS:

Baseball

SUBJECTS:

Baseball players.
Cameras.

FORMAT:

Glass negatives.

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original neg.) ggbain 09131 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09131

CONTROL #:  ggb2004009131



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