Baseball player, Doc Watson, Chicago Whales, posing in throwing stance by a racetrack fence

SDN-009981

Title: Baseball player, Doc Watson, Chicago Whales, posing in throwing stance by a racetrack fence Description: Informal full-length portrait of Doc (Charles) Watson, Federal League's Chicago Whales baseball player, wearing a uniform of the National League's Chicago Cubs and following through after throwing a baseball, standing in front of a long fence on a field bordered by a track in Shreveport, Louisiana. An unidentified baseball player is standing in the background. A building is visible across the track in the background. Text on image reads: Photo 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-009981, 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: 112998 Max Pixels - Width: 476 Max Pixels - Height: 640 Help improve this content