Major League baseball faced a rival in the second decade of the 20th Century, above are members of the Pittsburgh Federal League team of 1914, Library of Congress, prints and Photographs Division, (original) pan 6a29623
Deadball's Second Decade
Major League baseball faced a rival in the second decade
of the 20th Century, above are members of the Pittsburgh Federal
League team of 1914, Library of Congress, prints and Photographs
Division, (original) pan 6a29623
The Chicago Tribune has a series of stories, images and cartoons on the 1917 WhiteSox as a part of its 2000 look back at White Sox pennant winners.
The Sporting News also offers sample of the work of the renown baseball photographer, Charles M. Conlon whose work spanned the early 20th century, and an excellent exhibit on The World Series
The Library of Congress exhibition, Baseball Cards from, 1870 to 1914 contains over two thousand images of the stars and teams from this period. Be prepared to get hooked.
Biographer Eugene Murdock examines "The Tragedy of Ban Johnson," in a 1974 article available from the Journal of Sport History online site.
Paul J. Zing's, Harry Hooper: An American Baseball Life 1993. Offers insight into this period through the eyes of one player.
The Library of Congress and Chicago Historical Society exhibit Photographs from the Chicago Daily News offers a host of baseball images of parks and personalities such as Babe Ruth, Kenesaw Landis, and others from 1900-1933.
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May 27, 2003