Historical Portrait
[Jim O'Rourke, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]
![[Jim O'Rourke, New York Giants, baseball card portrait], 1888 (Library of Congress)](/api/img/jim-orourke-new-york-giants-baseball-card-portrait-1888-R6XAJm2lX893aVhgXnyG.jpg)
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1 photographic print on cabinet card mount : albumen.
About this photograph
The Library of Congress holds this 1888 baseball card portrait of Jim O'Rourke of the New York Giants, produced by Goodwin & Co. The image is an albumen print mounted on a cabinet card.
No further information about O'Rourke's career, position, or background with the Giants is available in the archive record. The card represents an early example of commercial baseball photography, produced during a period when tobacco companies and other manufacturers issued player portraits as promotional items.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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