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Ball grounds, League Park, Cleveland, O[hio] – Antique Print

Ball grounds, League Park, Cleveland, O[hio], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Ball grounds, League Park, Cleveland, O[hio], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Cleveland 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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A window into the past: Ball grounds, League Park, Cleveland, O[hio], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Few American ballparks from this era are as well documented as League Park on Cleveland's east side, which served as the home field for the city's National League club in the 1890s and for the American League team that followed. This 8 x 10 inch glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company captures the ballpark in the years between 1900 and 1910, when baseball was drawing large crowds to such grounds across the country. The company's photographers traveled widely to document American cities and landmarks, and their work was often sold as commercial views. The negative came to the Library of Congress as a gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesNo. 90 G.F.C." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070783. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsBaseball. Stadiums.United States--Ohio--Cleveland.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72343

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