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N.Y. fans at 7:00 A.M. outside the Polo Grounds – Historic Print

N.Y. fans at 7:00 A.M. outside the Polo Grounds, [1911 or 1912] — historic photograph
N.Y. fans at 7:00 A.M. outside the Polo Grounds, [1911 or 1912]. Historic photograph from the Baseball collection.

(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of N.Y. fans at 7:00 A.M. outside the Polo Grounds. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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N.Y. fans at 7:00 A.M. outside the Polo Grounds

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Fans queued outside the Polo Grounds before seven in the morning, and the Bain News Service camera recorded the scene in 1911 or 1912. The Polo Grounds, in Upper Manhattan, was home to the New York Giants, and it hosted World Series games in both of those years. The early line likely reflects crowds gathering for tickets well before the gates opened. Bain News Service, a New York photo agency run by George Grantham Bain, supplied news pictures to newspapers, so images like this one show how big baseball games drew crowds in the early 1910s.

Created / published[1911 or 1912]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesTitle from item. Bain News Service photograph. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsWorld Series (Baseball)--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Fans (Persons)--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,107 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-131534

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