The World Series
The 1913 World Series at the Polo
Grounds, Library of Congress,
Prints and Photographs Division.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-69242 (b&w)
The Sporting News offers a year by year History of the World Series
The Hall of Fame samples World Series Programs from 1914 to 1977.
Sports Illustrated has covered every World Series since 1954. Visit its flashback section for commentary and images on each.
This page was last updated
August 12, 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 for
1998-1999 and 1999-2000.
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