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Laguardia Opens 1936 Baseball Season
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News photograph 1936
October 14. Oscar Charleston is born in 1896.
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October 14, 1896. Oscar Charleston is born. Charleston’s cigarette card was issued in 1924 in Havana, Cuba by the Tomas Guttierrez tobacco company.
October 14. Chicago Cubs win World Series, defeating the Detroit Tigers 2-0 in 1908.
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October 14, 1908. Cubs win last World Series to date, beating the Tigers 2-0. Cover for the World Series program issued in Detroit, with a cartoon of manager Hughie Jennings…
October 13. Eddie Mathews is born in 1931.
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October 13, 1931. Eddie Mathews is born. Mathews is the cover feature for Street & Smith’s baseball yearbook for 1954.
Stokowski Confers • Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
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Publicity photograph 1950
October 12. Joe Cronin is born in 1906.
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October 12, 1906. Joe Cronin is born. Joe Cronin appears in a candid photograph from his days with the Washington Senators.
Pres Coolidge Welcomes Chiefs to White House
Stereoview photograph panel 1922
October 11. Yale Murphy is born in 1869.
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October 11, 1869. Yale Murphy is born. Murphy appears on the cover of The New York Five Cent Library, issued in 1882.
October 11. The American League is legally formed from the old Western League in 1899.
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October 11, 1899. The American League is legally formed from the old Western League. Sheet Music song for the Western League of baseball clubs, with portraits of the team managers…
October 10. Wally Berger is born in 1905.
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October 10, 1905. Wally Berger is born. Wally Berger has just made contact during batting practice for the Cincinnati Reds in 1939.
Russian Architectural Tobacco
Cigarette wrapper 1930
October 9. Rube Marquard is born in 1886.
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October 9, 1886. Rube Marquard is born. Marquard is the cover boy for a Partridge Sporting Goods catalog from 1918.
Washington Monument Polka
Sheet music 1888
1956 World Series • Don Larsen Pitches Perfect Game
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News photograph 1956.
October 8. Jim Conway is born in 1858.
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October 8, 1858. Jim Conway is born. Full figure tintype of Jim Conway around 1885.
October 7. Christy Mathewson dies in 1925.
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October 7, 1925. Christy Mathewson is dead. Photograph of Mathewson sitting on the steps of a Sanitarium in Lake Placid, New York, circa 1920.
Chuck Klein of the Phillies
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Exhibit card 1928
October 6. Jack Dunn is born in 1872.
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October 6, 1872. Jack Dunn is born. Jack Dunn is photographed at third base playing for the Baltimore Orioles in 1901.
Wrigley Field 1945
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Postcard 1945
October 5. Jim Bagby is born in 1889.
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October 5, 1889. Jim Bagby is born. Pitching shot of Jim Bagby with the Cleveland Indians.
October 5. Anaheim, California is founded in 1857.
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October 5, 1857. Anaheim, California is founded. Ever jealous of the large city to their north, Anaheim could have tried to ban the brand of cigars promoted by the Los…
October 4. Frank Crosetti born in 1910.
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October 4, 1910. Frank Crosetti is born. Crosetti poses in Yankee stadium for a dramatic closeup shot.
October 4. Mexico becomes a Republic with the adoption of a new Constitution in 1824.
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October 4, 1824. Mexico becomes a Republic with the adoption of a new Constitution. 1930s promotional poster for travel to Mexico.
October 3. Adolfo Luque of Cuba becomes the first Latino to play in a World Series game in 1919.
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October 3, 1919. Adolfo Luque of Cuba becomes the first Latino to play in a World Series game. Photograph of Luque pitching in a Cincinnati Reds uniform, 1919.
Fred Clarke Graphlex Ad
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Mounted silver print photograph 1912
October 2. First test of a television system is made by John Logie Baird in 1925.
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October 2, 1925. First test of a television system is made by John Logie Baird. Gambling board featuring a television image, celebrating the new invention, 1930.
October 2. Spec Shea is born in 1920.
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October 2, 1920. Spec Shea is born. 1953 Bowman gum card of Spec Shea with the Washington Senators.
October 1. Bob Boyd is born in 1919.
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October 1, 1919. Bob Boyd is born. Boyd poses for a photo in the Negro League Memphis Red Sox ballpark in western Tennessee.
September 30. Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run, 1927.
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September 30, 1927. Babe Ruth hits home run number 60, breaking his own record. Wire photo shows the Babe having just connected on home run number 60.
September 30. Nap Rucker is born in 1884.
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September 30, 1884. Nap Rucker is born. Baseball Magazine premium of Nap Rucker from 1911.
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