Chicago, Cubs vs Giants, Illinois, 1908 – Antique 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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Step back in time with Chicago, Cubs vs Giants, Illinois, 1908, a historic image rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: National League Park, Chicago, Cubs vs. Giants, Aug. 30, 1908
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Chicago, Cubs vs Giants, Illinois, 1908
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Chicago's Cubs and the New York Giants met in 1908, a year when the Cubs were the city's dominant baseball club and their West Side ballpark drew crowds from neighborhoods across a city that was still growing fast on the strength of its railroads, stockyards, and factories. That season the Cubs won the National League pennant and then the World Series, and the rivalry with New York was among the sharpest in the league. Chicago was then a city of heavy industry and immigrant neighborhoods, and a ballgame was one of the few public gatherings where workers from the packing houses and the mills could sit side by side with merchants and clerks. Baseball in 1908 was cheap to attend and talked about everywhere, from streetcars to saloons, so the game in this photograph would have been familiar to nearly everyone who lived in the city.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. r. lawrence co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,207 px · prints to 18 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | National League Park, Chicago, Cubs vs. Giants, Aug. 30, 1908 |
| Reference | IL Chicago, Cubs vs Giants, 1908 |
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