Vintage Baseball Photos

[67_Palmer]

Is there a good source for public baseball photos from the 50's on the internet?

[JoeyF1981]

Originally Posted by 67_Palmer

Is there a good source for public baseball photos from the 50's on the internet?

Henry Yee's auctions on ebay are the best source for original photos. I think he has one coming up in september.

[67_Palmer]

Thanks, though I'm not talking for purchase. Something similar to http://www.shorpy.com

Similar to this but with more baseball related photos.

[thecatspajamas]

Are you talking about for purchasing original photos, or purchasing modern reprints, or just grabbing images?

[JoeyF1981]

Originally Posted by 67_Palmer

Thanks, though I'm not talking for purchase. Something similar to http://www.shorpy.com

Similar to this but with more baseball related photos.

Oh i see what youre looking for. I think if you go to the baseball hall of fame website they have a photo archive section

[drcy]

The Library of Congress has a lot of high quality early baseball photos for free use online, but I don't know what they have from later.

One thing is the copyright issues. Early photos say 1910 usually have no copyright restrictions, while a lot of 1950s might.

As the LOC is a government entity, most of its stuff offered is free of use. That's why NASA photos are free-- we citizens pay for NASA so their photos are public domain.

But I'd see what the Library of Congress has.

I thought Life magazine put a ton of their photos online too. I don't know if it's free or what are the restrictions, but they'd have 1950s baseball photos.

[67_Palmer]

Thanks, the Library of Congress archive is awesome.

[67_Palmer]

Here's some beautiful color BB photos from the 50's.