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August 30. Ted Williams is born in 1918.
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August 30, 1918. Ted Williams is born. Williams is photographed in the on deck circle swinging multiple bats.
August 30. FDR’s Wealth Tax enacted in 1935.
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August 30, 1935. President Franklin Roosevelt signs Wealth Tax into law , increasing taxes on the richest Americans. Cigar box label from five decades earlier celebrating the pursuit of money.
August 29. Billy Cox is born in 1919.
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August 29, 1919. Billy Cox is born. Cox is in a photographic batting pose while playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1952.
August 29. Founding of the Goodyear Tire Company in 1898.
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August 29, 1898. Founding of the Goodyear Tire Company. Billboard with huge advertisement for Goodyear Tires, from 1921.
August 28. Slavery is banned throughout most of British Empire in 1933.
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August 28, 1833. Slavery is banned throughout most of British Empire by the Slavery Abolition Act. Illustrated newspaper from London attacking the American practice of slave selling.
August 28. Aaron Ward is born in 1896.
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August 28, 1896. Aaron Ward is born. News photo of Aaron Ward doing some fielding work for the New York Yankees in 1922.
August 27. Oil is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859.
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August 27, 1859. Oil is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania, followed shortly by the first oil well. Lithographic sheet music celebrating the fantastic petroleum discovery in the PA hills.
August 27. Joe Cunningham is born in 1931.
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August 27, 1931. Joe Cunningham is born. Cunningham swinging a bat for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1959.
August 26. Walter Johnson has Winning Streak stopped at 16 in 1912.
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August 26, 1912. Walter Johnson has Winning Streak stopped at 16. Trolley car sign for Tuxedo tobacco products with Walter Johnson’s face encouraging a purchase.
August 26. Adrian Zabala is born in 1916.
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August 26, 1916. Adrian Zabala is born. Zabala is photographed in Cuba sometime around his 20th birthday.
August 25. Rollie Fingers is born in 1946.
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August 25, 1946. Rollie Fingers is born. Photo of Fingers in action with the Oakland Athletics in 1972.
August 25. United States Park Service becomes a part of the Department of the Interior in 1916.
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August 25, 1916. United States Park Service becomes a part of the Department of the Interior. Sheet music celebrating Yosemite National park, published in 1913.
Harry Hooper in the Outfield
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News photograph 1923
August 23. Napoleon leaves Egypt in 1799.
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August 23, 1799. Napoleon leaves Egypt with his troops en route to France to seize power. Advertising card for farm wagons, which recognizes both Napoleon’s military heritage, and the belief…
August 23. George Stacey Davis is born in 1870.
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August 23, 1870. George Stacey Davis is born. Honest Long Cut cigarette premium of Davis while with the New York Giants in 1894.
August 22. Yacht ‘America’ wins first America’s Cup in 1851.
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August 22, 1851. Yacht ‘America’ wins first America’s Cup. Sheet music illustration for ‘Regatta Yacht America’, published in 1851.
Ned Hanlon Die Cut
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Chromolithographic die cut 1887
August 21. Hawaii becomes 50th U.S. State in 1959.
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August 21, 1959. Hawaii is made the 50th State of the U.S. Union. Romantic sheet music about Hawaii published
Charlie Gould with the Red Stockings
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Cabinet photograph 1872.
Al Lopez After a Popup
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News photograph 1939
August 20. Baseball record for Grand Slam Home Runs is set by Lou Gehrig in 1938.
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August 20, 1938. Baseball record for Grand Slam Home Runs is set by Lou Gehrig at 23. News Photograph of Lou Gehrig as he appeared in 1932 in Yankee Stadium.
August 19. East Coast Newspapers start California Gold Rush in 1939.
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August 19, 1839. East Coast Newspapers announce discovery of gold in the Sierras, starting the California Gold Rush. Cigar box label with a humorous take on the rube prospector heading…
August 19. Tex Carleton is born in 1906.
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August 19, 1906. Tex Carleton is born. Carleton warming up before a game with the Chicago Cubs in 1936.
Roberto Clemente Thinking About It
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News photograph 1959
August 18. Women gain right to vote in United States in 1920.
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August 19, 1920. Women gain right to vote in United States when 19th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified. Real photo postcard showing a suffragette parade in Ayr, Iowa in…
August 17. Confederate held Fort Sumter, South Carolina attacked by Northern forces in 1863.
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August 17, 1863. Confederate held Fort Sumter, South Carolina attacked by Northern forces. Carte-de-Visite portrait of General Abner Doubleday, who fired the first shot of the Civil War from Fort…
August 17. Rudy York is born in 1913.
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August 17, 1913. Rudy York is born. York is putting on his catcher’s gear for the Detroit Tigers, circa 1940.
August 17. Confederate held Fort Sumter attacked by Union forces in 1863.
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August 17, 1863. Confederate held Fort Sumter attacked by Union forces in the War Between the States. Abner Doubleday fired the first shot in the Civil War from the same…
Ray Chapman Months Before He Died on the Field
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News photograph 1920
Gene Woodling with the Yankees
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Magazine illustration 1950
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