The 1913 World Series at the Polo Grounds, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-69242 (b&w)
Baseball in the Twentieth Century
The 1913 World Series at the Polo Grounds, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs
Division.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-69242 (b&w)
| The Dead Ball Era, 1900-1920 | The Age of Babe Ruth, the 1920s |
| Depression Baseball, 1930s | Wartime Baseball , the 1940s |
| Baseball 1950-2000 | |
The January 9-15, 2002 issue of Baseball Weekly highlights many of the game's memorable milestones many of which took place in the 20th century.
"First in peace, first in war and last in the American League," the Washington Post on the occasion of the 30 years since the nation's capital lost major league baseball celebrates the Washington team with pictures and text.
This page was last updated
August 06, 2004
Special thanks to
Katherine Stalcup, Suzanne Tapp, and Paul Williams and the staff
of the Texas Tech Teaching Learning and
Technology Center for their patient and tireless assistance with
this page. Also, my thanks to the Teaching Learning and
Technology Center for supporting this page with grants from
1998-2001.
Photographs
are by Jim Harper unless otherwise noted. Larger versions and
more information about photographs with Library of Congress (
i.e. LC-USZ6-2054 DLC) or National Archives (i.e.
NWDNC-241-PATENTRES-72X) identification numbers can usually be
obtained by searching either the Library of Congress, "American Memory," section, or the National
Archives (NAIL) search vehicle.
Background image, an
old-timer (George Herman "Babe" Ruth) swings during the
1940s.
Original photograph provided by William R. Conroy.
Copyright, Jim Harper, Texas Tech University .