Baseball Parks - N.Y. and Phila. players at site of fire - Polo Grounds, NYC, April 14, 1911 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Baseball Parks - N.Y. and Phila. players at site of fire - Polo Grounds, NYC, April 14, 1911 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Baseball Parks - N.Y. and Phila. players at site of fire - Polo Grounds, NYC, April 14, 1911
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This photograph shows players from the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies standing amid the ruins of the Polo Grounds after a fire on April 14, 1911. The blaze destroyed the park's wooden grandstands just as the season was getting underway, forcing the teams to find another place to play. The fire pushed the Giants' owners to rebuild the ballpark with steel and concrete, a change that made it one of the more durable stadiums of its era. The scene offers a rare look at the players themselves standing among the wreckage, not on the field.
| Created / published | 1911 April 14. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | Baseball--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,103 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172210 |
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