Eckford Social Club Scrapbook Bulk, 1899-1956 [1871]-1961, bulk 1899-1956

Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)

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The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays, next year in 1884 becoming a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the club moved to Los Angeles, California, where it continues its history as the Los Angeles Dodgers. The team moved west at the same time as its longtime rival, the New York Giants, moved to San Francisco in northern Cali...

Smith, John L.

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Moriarty, William V.

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Drennan, Thomas J.

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Velte, Henry P.

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McGarey, Francis D.

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O'Reilly, Frank E.

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McGowan, Charles E.

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Eckford Social Club of Brooklyn.

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The Eckford Social Club was founded as the Eckford Baseball Club in 1855 by a group of shipwrights and dock laborers employed at Eckford and Webb’s shipyard, located on the New York side of the East River between Houston and Tenth Streets. The Williamsburg members of the team found a playing field in Brooklyn’s 15th Ward and in 1860 moved to the Union Grounds, later the site of the 47th Regiment Armory. The club’s first president, Frank Pidgeon, was a dockbuilder and a leading pitch...

O'Day, Joseph F.

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Kelly, Frank V.

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Chas. Pfizer & Co.

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