File:Vic Willis Catcher's Mask.jpg

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English: Portrait of former MLB pitcher Vic Willis wearing a catcher's mask, circa 1900.
Medium: negative, gelatin on glass. Dimensions: 8.5 × 6.5 inches.
Date circa 1900
date QS:P,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source

Cropped and retouched slightly from original image: Portrait of Vic (?) Willis, baseball player

George Eastman House Collection Accession Number: 1974:0056:0813
Author
William van der Weyde  (–1929)  wikidata:Q24579152
 
Alternative names
M. M. Van Der Weyde; William Manley Van Der Weyde; William vander Weyde; William M. vander Weyde; vander Weyde
Description photographer, photojournalist, writer and historian
Date of birth/death 1870 / 1871 Edit this at Wikidata 10 July 1929 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Manhattan
Work period 1895 Edit this at Wikidata–1905 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q24579152
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: cropped retouched slightly. Modifications made by Delaywaves. The original can be found here: see file history.

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current16:55, 5 May 2011729 × 954 (124 KB)DelaywavesRemoved blemishes at top-right of picture.

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