Vintage Photo of the Day: Photographers in 1910s

Photographers - Polo Grounds
[1914]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
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fascinating! what kind of cameras are those?
Diana says
They could be Speed Graphic Graflex cameras. Being produced since 1912, they used to be the most popular press cameras until mid-'60s, sports photographers using them extensively.
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