[American League baseball owners (baseball)] (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

[American League baseball owners (baseball)]

[1911 Dec. 15]

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

Notes:
 Original data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: American Baseball League [owners?].
Corrected title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Subjects:
 Baseball

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

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

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

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.10259

Call Number: LC-B2- 2379-15

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    katerba added this photo to his favorites. (60 months ago)

  2. rjones0856 (51 months ago | reply)

    I think that's Charles Comiskey, second from left in front row.

  3. artolog (11 months ago | reply)

    At center bottom is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban_Johnson , "Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson (January 5, 1864 – March 28, 1931), ...the founder and first president of the American League."

    Another Bain shot of American League owners in 1914:
    [AL club presidents: Frank Navin, Detroit; Benjamin S. Minor, Washington; Frank Farrell, N.Y.; Charles Comiskey, Chicago; Ban Johnson AL President; Joseph Lannin, Boston (baseball)] (LOC)

  4. artolog (11 months ago | reply)

    Found a site that identifies this photo as follows:

    Top Row: L-R: Unidentified; James Gaffney (Braves); John E. Bruce (Browns); Charles Somers (Indians); unidentified; John I. Taylor (Red Sox); Clark Griffith (Senators); Frank J. Navin (Detroit); Harry M. Grabiner (White Sox' secretary).

    Bottom Row: L-R: Ben Shibe (Athletics); Charles Comiskey (White Sox); Ban Johnson (AL President); Robert L. Hedges (Browns); Frank J. Farrell (Highlanders).

    www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?40306-H istorical-Ar...

  5. Ryan (LOC P&P) (11 months ago | reply)

    Thanks for finding this great site artolog. I'd say that you should continue identifying as many individuals as you can in the image. We don't usually identify that many people in a single caption. What we may do though, is identify Ban Johnson, as the AL president and note the dates: 1907-1909 the next time we update the record.

  6. artolog (11 months ago | reply)

    You're welcome.. I think you should consider changing your caption from "American League Owners" to "American League Executives" or the like, as the league president and other team execs are in picture.

  7. Ryan (LOC P&P) (11 months ago | reply)

    Thanks that's a great suggestion, more fitting for the group pictured.

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    John McNab and ddsiple added this photo to their favorites.

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