WAutos v. JohnstownPa. Cleveland, Ohio, 1915 – Historic Photograph 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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This historic image of WAutos v. JohnstownPa. Cleveland, Ohio, 1915 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Final game, White Autos vs. Johnstown, Pa., Brookside Stadium, Cleveland, Oct. 3, 1915
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WAutos v. JohnstownPa. Cleveland, Ohio, 1915
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Cleveland, Ohio, in 1915 was a city of more than half a million people, and its economy rested on heavy manufacturing, with iron and steel, oil refining on Lake Erie, and a growing automobile trade that gave the city its nickname as a center of car building. The title pairs a Cleveland team called the Autos against a visiting side from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a steel town whose mills and rail yards drew workers from across Europe. Contests like this one would have appealed to working families who filled grandstands on weekends, when baseball and other amateur sports were a common form of civic pride between neighboring industrial cities. Beyond the match itself, the photograph records a moment when the automobile was turning from a novelty into a local industry that shaped jobs, sponsorships, and city identity.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Creator | miller studio (cleveland, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Ohio |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,237 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Final game, White Autos vs. Johnstown, Pa., Brookside Stadium, Cleveland, Oct. 3, 1915 |
| Reference | OH 1915 WAutos v. JohnstownPa. Cleveland |
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