World Series, Cubs vs White Sox, Illinois, 1906 – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic image of World Series, Cubs vs White Sox, Illinois, 1906. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Fifth game, World's Championship Series, Cubs vs. White Sox, National League grounds, Saturday, Oct. 13, 1906
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World Series, Cubs vs White Sox, Illinois, 1906
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Chicago, Illinois, hosted the 1906 World Series, the only one played between two teams from the same city: the Cubs from the West Side and the White Sox from the South Side. The Cubs had won 116 regular-season games and were heavy favorites, but the White Sox, nicknamed the "Hitless Wonders" for their weak batting, won the Series four games to two. Chicago was then a major rail and meatpacking center with more than a million and a half residents, and a crowd like the one shown here would have drawn workers from packinghouses, factories, and offices across the city. For Chicagoans, baseball was the most popular public entertainment of the day, and this Series let the city's two rival fan bases argue over the championship without leaving home.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. r. lawrence co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,282 px · prints to 18 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Fifth game, World's Championship Series, Cubs vs. White Sox, National League grounds, Saturday, Oct. 13, 1906 |
| Reference | IL World Series, Cubs vs White Sox, 1906 |
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