Friest scrapbooks : photograph albums, 1932-1938.

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Friest scrapbooks : photograph albums, 1932-1938.

A collection of eight photo albums containing selected baseball players and managers photographed between 1932 and 1939. Contains photos of individuals from the following major league teams: Boston Bees, Boston Braves, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Giants, New York Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, and Milwaukee Brewers. Contains photos of individuals from the following minor league teams: Hollywood Stars, San Diego Padres (1937, P.C.L.), Oakland Oaks, Mission team, Columbus Red Birds, Indianapolis Indians, Little Rock Travelers, St. Paul Saints, Chatanooga Lookouts, Nashville Vols, and the "Spencer Coals". Most photos are full length portraits picturing players in their baseball uniforms or in their street clothes. Includes a few action shots of games. At the beginning of most volumes can be found pre-season photos of players at spring training in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Volume 6 contains photos of the Cincinnati Reds' spring training at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photos from spring training portray players engaged in hunting, fishing, swimming, and other leisure activities. Contains photos of the following baseball stadiums: Sportsman's Park, Polo Grounds, Baker Bowl, Wrigley Field, Comiskey Park, Ponce de Leon Park, Borchert Field, Fenway Park, National League Field ("the "Beehive" later called Braves Field), Perry Stadium, Shibe Park, and Yankee Stadium.

8 photograph albums (0.68 cubic feet)

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The Cincinnati Reds conducted spring training in Tampa Florida between 1931 and 1987. The only interruption was for three years during World War II, when the Reds trained at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. From the description of [Spring training results, 1952-1959 / compiled by the Cincinnati Reds]. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 39007845 ...

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Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in the Bronx, New York City. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees, one of the city's Major League Baseball franchises, from 1923 to 2008. It was also the former home of the New York Giants football team from 1956 through the first part of the 1973–74 football season. The stadium is nicknamed "The House That Ruth Built" since baseball superstar Babe Ruth's prime years coincided with the stadium's opening and the beginning of the Yankees' winning hi...

Sportsman's Park (Saint Louis, Mo.)

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National League Field (Boston, Mass.)

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In 1919, some Chicago White Sox players intentionally lost the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. As compensation, some of the players received cash payments from gamblers. Rumors of a conspiracy circulated immediately following Cincinnati's victory, but the scandal broke publicly in September 1920. This series of events and later developments became known as the Black Sox Scandal. The group of players banned from major league baseball because of the scandal were Eddie Cicotte, Happy Felsch, C...

New York Yankees (Baseball team)

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The club that became the New York Yankees started as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901. American League President Ban Johnson wanted a club in New York and, after outmaneuvering the politically influential New York Giants, who did not want a competing team, Johnson moved the Orioles to New York. The first ten years of its existence, the team did not do well, contending for the pennant during only one season. In 1914, Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast Huston purchased the team. This collection da...

Wrigley Field (Chicago, Ill.)

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Comiskey Park (Chicago, Ill.)

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The City of Pttsburgh's first nationally recognized professional baseball club was the Pittsburgh Alleghenies which joined the National League in 1887. The Alleghenies became the Pirates in 1891 when they were accused of "pirating" players from the rival American Association (later the American League). The name stuck. The Pirates participated in the first World Series in 1903 losing to the Boston Red Sox five games to three. The Pirates went on to win World Series titles in 1909, 1925, 1960, 19...

Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)

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Polo Grounds (New York, N.Y.)

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