Classic Baseball Photographs, 1869-1947 by Donald Honig (1999, Hardcover)

Key Details
Author:	Donald Honig
Language:	English
Publisher:	Smithmark Pub
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	0765110555
ISBN-13:	9780765110558

Size
Length:	182 pages
Height:	13.5 in
Width:	10.3 in
Thickness:	1.2 in
Weight:	57.6 oz

Publisher's Note
A stunning photo gallery chronicling baseball's early history, "Classic Baseball Photographs 1869-1947" is one of the most beautiful compilations of sports photographs ever published. Beginning with the team portrait of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, this spectacular book charts the course of the "boys of summer" through the Black Sox scandal and World War II years to the Negro League and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Each picture transports the viewer back to a different exciting moment when baseball was still in its youth, while Donald Honig's thoughtful, authoritative text puts the images into context. Included are priceless photographs of immortal greats like "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio and Jackie Robinson, as well as wonderful images documenting lesser-known athletes who contributed to baseball's glorious early years.

Chronicles the history of the game through photographs, beginning with a team portrait of the Cincinnati Red Stockings taken in 1869 and including a photograph of Jackie Robinson shot on his first day in the major leagues