Polo Grounds, New York Cincinnati, 1904 – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Polo Grounds, New York Cincinnati, 1904 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Polo Grounds, New York, New York - Cincinnati, National League ball game, Saturday, Aug. 13, 1904, attendance 24,625
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Polo Grounds, New York Cincinnati, 1904
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In 1904, the Polo Grounds sat on the rise of Coogan's Bluff at the northern edge of Manhattan, and it was home to the New York Giants, the city's best-known baseball club. That year New York was only six years into its consolidation as Greater New York, and the island's population was swelling with workers from the tenements, the docks, and the garment and printing trades. Ballpark crowds drew heavily from those neighborhoods, and the Giants' pennant race that summer kept the city's newspapers and saloons arguing over every game. The picture shows the Cincinnati club visiting the ground, a reminder that the National League still ran on rail travel between eastern and midwestern cities. Later that fall the city's first subway line opened, carrying Manhattanites north toward the ballpark in far larger numbers than the old elevated trains had.
| Created / published | 1904 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. r. lawrence co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,230 px · prints to 18 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Polo Grounds, New York, New York - Cincinnati, National League ball game, Saturday, Aug. 13, 1904, attendance 24,625 |
| Reference | NY 1904 Polo Grounds, New York Cincinnati |
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