Shamrock I before the start
Detroit Publishing Co., 1899
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 101 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyLipton's first challenger holding station before the gun in the 1899 series against Columbia. The first act of the longest courtship in sport — Lipton would challenge five times over thirty-one years.
- Maker
- Detroit Publishing Co.
- Date
- 1899
- Medium of the original
- Dry plate negative, commercial press photograph
- Original held by
- Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Co. Collection
- Credit
- Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Co. Collection
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-02009
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 101 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | 73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | 50 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | 42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 33 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 25 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,024 x 811 px, b-w
- Tone
- Darks 68, lights 245 of 255; 0.6% clipped light, 0.6% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 28.6
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