This photo is by George Grantham Bain’s News Service and the negative is in the Bain Collection at the Library of Congress. The shot depicts the pregame warmup before the Highlanders and Athletics began play. Note the bunting and flags. Also note the baseballs in flight. The most obvious is the brown orb over Hal Chase’s head as shown in the crop.
This image is one three Bain images of the game in the Collection.
These two snapshots were taken by a fan in the first game of a doubleheader between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Naps at Detroit’s Navin Field on Saturday, September 27, 1913. Navin Field had just opened the year before and later became known as Tiger Stadium. We know it…
This fascinating image shows the preparations being made to Stamford Bridge stadium in the Chelsea area of London prior to the baseball game. As the stadium was built for soccer, not baseball, the screening was necessary to protect the spectators, foremost among them the King…
Chief Bender in his D304 card pose.