Baseball player, Austin Walsh, Chicago Whales, posing in batting stance by a racetrack fence

SDN-009979

Title: Baseball player, Austin Walsh, Chicago Whales, posing in batting stance by a racetrack fence Description: Informal full-length portrait of Austin Walsh holding a baseball bat, Federal League's Chicago Whales baseball player, standing in a batting stance in front of a long fence on a field bordered by a track in Shreveport, Louisiana. A building is visible across the track in the background. Text on image reads: Photos by G. Dickeson, Shreveport, La. Date Depicted: 1914 Creator: Chicago Daily News, Inc. Creator Role: photographer Physical Format: glass negatives Extent: 5 x 7 in. Copyright Notice: No Known Copyright Credit Line: SDN-009979, Chicago Daily News collection, Chicago History Museum Accession Number: 1960.784 Acquisition Source: Gift of Field Enterprises, Inc. Collection Type: Prints & Photographs - Chicago Daily News Storage Location: Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum CHM Catalog ID: 112996 Max Pixels - Width: 476 Max Pixels - Height: 640 Help improve this content