Historical Portrait

[Bob Caruthers, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, baseball card portrait]

1888·Source: loc·View original ↗·Public Domain

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1 photographic print on cabinet card mount : albumen.

About this photograph

This 1888 albumen photograph shows Bob Caruthers of the Brooklyn Bridegrooms on a cabinet card mount. The image was produced by Goodwin & Co.

No further information about Caruthers, his career, or the circumstances of this portrait is available in the archive's records. The cabinet card format was a common way to produce and distribute baseball cards during this period, but details about this particular example are not documented.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

About the format

Cabinet Cards Tobacco Baseball Cards

Rights & Attribution

Credit: Library of Congress

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