[Young girl with a baseball bat waiting on the pitch]
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Front cover illustration showing a young girl wearing a dress, standing over a wooden home-plate, holding a baseball bat over her shoulder.
Illus. in: The Saturday Evening Post, v. 213, no. 6 (1940 August 10), [cover].
Published in: Baseball Americana : Treasures from the Library of Congress / Harry Katz ... [et al.] [New York] : Smithsonian Books : Harper, c2009, p. 169.
Harper & Brothers began publication of Harper’s New Monthly Magazine in 1850. It was renamed Harper’s Monthly Magazine in the 1900 Christmas issue. Edward Penfield served the Harpers as staff illustrator, editor, and art director from 1890 to 1901. Penfield created his first lithograph for Harper’s Magazine in 1893. He made posters advertising each successive issue of the magazine for over seven years. Penfield also created advertisements and cover designs for books published by Harper and Brothers.
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