Crowd at Cubs Park, July 27, Illinois, 1929 – 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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This historic image of Crowd at Cubs Park, July 27, Illinois, 1929 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Crowd at Cubs Park, July 27, 1929
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Crowd at Cubs Park, July 27, Illinois, 1929
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Cubs Park, on Chicago's North Side in the Lake View neighborhood, was photographed in July 1929, a summer when the city was still in the middle of the Prohibition years and under Mayor William Hale Thompson's Republican administration. The ballpark had been built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Federal League, and the Chicago Cubs had moved in and taken it over, though it was renamed Wrigley Field in 1927 after chewing-gum manufacturer P.K. Wrigley bought the club. Chicago's economy then rested on meatpacking at the stockyards, steel mills on the South Side, and a rail network that made the city the country's main transportation hub. Crowds at the park were drawn from neighborhoods reached by streetcar and elevated lines, which made a summer game a common weekday or Sunday outing for working families.
| Created / published | 1929 |
|---|---|
| Creator | kaufmann & fabry co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 883 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Crowd at Cubs Park, July 27, 1929 |
| Reference | IL Crowd at Cubs Park, July 27, 1929 |
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