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Chicago's US champions [1876?]
1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 71 x 101 cm. | Poster shows two baseball players from the Chicago White Stockings(?) championship team.

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008677268/

The image is a vintage lithograph poster depicting two men dressed in late 19th-century baseball uniforms, representing the Chicago White Stockings (US Champions). The players are posed with one player extending his hands outward as if to explain something and another holding a baseball bat. Both wear yellow pants, white shirts with rolled-up sleeves, red shoes or boots, striped belts, and distinctive hats - one in orange-red with a blue brim and the other in navy-blue with a wide-brimmed design. The background is adorned with large decorative lettering stating "Chicago's US Champions" on either side of them, emphasizing their status as champions from Chicago during that period.

Additional information about this image can be found at https://images.loener.nl/LocGov/full/6726/67260f1089b10e7a26f3d0b4.jpg. The poster is credited to J.S. Thompson & Co., located at 85 Fifth Avenue, Chicago, with the building mentioned as "Tires Building" in their address.

The illustration captures a historical moment and serves as an artistic representation of baseball culture from that era.

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