Crash of Timber in the silent woods of lower New York State often is a ripping prelude to the deafening roar at a major league park when the umpire cries "Play Ball!" For from a relatively small woodland area near Cooperstown, N. Y., comes much of the selected hardwood white ash from which baseball bats are milled. Appropriately enough, the area also is the birthplace of baseball.

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Title:
Crash of Timber in the silent woods of lower New York State often is a ripping prelude to the deafening roar at a major league park when the umpire cries "Play Ball!" For from a relatively small woodland area near Cooperstown, N. Y., comes much of the selected hardwood white ash from which baseball bats are milled. Appropriately enough, the area also is the birthplace of baseball.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Baseball Bats
Photographer:
New York (State). Department of Commerce. Division of State Publicity
Name on Item:
NYSPIX - Commerce
Date:
[ca. August 1954]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Baseball bats
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 255 x 209 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/jm217p969
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] Bats in the Raw, this 50-year-old white ash tree (left) topples as a lumberjack makes the final cut.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_000938_0008
Barcode:
39999088103229