Baseball player Shafer, New York Giants, standing in a batting stance with his back to the camera at West Side Grounds

SDN-055925

Title: Baseball player Shafer, New York Giants, standing in a batting stance with his back to the camera at West Side Grounds Description: Informal full-length portrait of baseball player Shafer of the National League's New York Giants, holding a baseball bat, standing in a batting stance with his back to the camera in front of grandstands on the field at West Side Grounds, located between West Polk Street, South Wolcott Avenue (formerly Lincoln Street), West Taylor Street, and South Wood Street in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. Giants player Snodgrass is standing behind Shafer. An unidentified Giants player is sitting on the low grandstand wall in the background, and an unidentified man is standing behind the wall. Another unidentified man is standing on the field in the background. Date Depicted: 1910 Creator: Chicago Daily News, Inc. Creator Role: photographer Physical Format: glass negatives Copyright Notice: No Known Copyright Credit Line: SDN-055925, Chicago Daily News collection, Chicago History Museum Accession Number: 1960.784 Storage Location: Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum Horizon Bib. No.: 120476 Max Pixels - Width: 500 Max Pixels - Height: 398 Help improve this content