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Political Baseball: 1918
... Washington, D.C. "Congressional ballgame, 1918." If the baseball equivalent of a filibuster is the no-hitter, their fans went home ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/04/2014 - 1:58pm -

Washington, D.C. "Congressional ballgame, 1918." If the baseball equivalent of a filibuster is the no-hitter, their fans went home disappointed. View full size. And the result is,Elephants 19 Donkeys 5 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1918-06-09/ed-1/seq-3/ It looks like...a level playing field. I wonder who's the Ump---The Chief Justice? (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, Politics, Sports)
Hershey Baseball Team: c. 1900s
The Hershey Chocolate Company baseball team in the early 1900s. From the Klein Chocolate Company (no longer ... 
 
Posted by Don Struke - 12/14/2010 - 8:48am -

The Hershey Chocolate Company baseball team in the early 1900s. From the Klein Chocolate Company (no longer exists) archives, courtesy of William Klein III, whose grandfather, William Klein, founded the eponymous company and who is standing, last row, left, in the white shirt. He worked for Milton Hershey very early in the history of that chocolate company, then started his own enterprise with his brother in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, before World War One. In its heyday Klein was the world's fifth largest chocolate company. Some 85 years after this photo and after my own career with Hershey, Bill Klein III was Best Man at my wedding. Small world. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Sports)
Double Play: 1910
... everyone here: Bridges, riverboats, a rail yard and two baseball games. And a high-rise natatorium. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit ... much where Three Rivers Stadium used to be. Baseball? The lines on the field at Exposition Park make it look like that ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/03/2012 - 1:35pm -

Circa 1910. "Pittsburgh waterfront, Allegheny River." Something for everyone here: Bridges, riverboats, a rail yard and two baseball games. And a high-rise natatorium. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. Same View in Google Earth TodayApproximately. Exposition ParkThe big ballfield would be Exposition Park, home of the Pirates from 1891 to 1909. The site is now between PNC Park and Heinz Field, pretty much where Three Rivers Stadium used to be. Baseball?The lines on the field at Exposition Park make it look like that isn't a baseball game going on. The Pirates had left the year before. Anyone have a rotary phone to try out the Penn Advertising Company number? [That's the foul line. The field was there until 1915. You wouldn't need a rotary phone -- of which there were hardly any when this picture was made -- to call 90 Grant. - Dave] Got no blues today"We had a great game today!" "How come?" "No umpires!" PittsburgThese are great photos of Pittsburgh, but you should note that the photos taken before 1917 were of Pittsburg, not Pittsburgh. They changed the name during WWI to avoid being considered somehow Germanic, and therefore supportive of the wrong side. [Pittsburgh's temporary loss of its "h" occurred long before World War I and had nothing to do with Germany. - Dave] Where was the pool?Wonder if the pool of the natatorium was in the basement or near the top of the building. There are architectural features that may support either location depending on the size of the pool, of course. "Natatorium"Funny how you see strange words or names somewhere and then you suddenly see them again a short time later! I was just at the University of Illinois at Chicago Physical Ed. building which has a huge painted wall that welcomes you to the Natatorium: The Olympic sized swimming/diving pool. Building near the BridgeThe building just to the left of the bridge is one of my favorites. The open arch in the front and the open center design really makes it unique. [The Fulton Building. - Dave] Are you sure this isn't Springfield?I see a Duff's sign off to the left. Love the bridgeI don't think I've ever seen the bridge that was in place before the current 6th Street span, the Roberto Clemente Bridge. The newer one (which dates from the 1920s) is a big improvement. PittsburgI love my town and it's always great to see old photos on this fine site. The etymology of the spelling indicates that the first recorded reference using the current spelling is found on a survey map made for the Penn family in 1769. In the city charter, granted on March 18, 1816, the Pittsburgh spelling is used on the original document, but due to an apparent printing error, the Pittsburg spelling is found on official copies of the document printed at the time. Even before the name of the city was temporarily changed to Pittsburg in 1897, that spelling variant was well-attested. Very interesting stuff at least to me anyway. Phipps Apartments / Art RooneyThe white building in the foreground is Phipps Apartments. The bell tower is atop Daniel Webster Grade School. The apartments had 6 hallways with 12 apartments in each hallway. No elevators. It had 2 flights of steps to each floor. You could hang your clothes on the roof. Football games were played on the field in front of the apartments. The Rooney Reds played home games there. Art Rooney played on the Reds and owned a bar near the apartments. Art Rooney later owned a football team called the Hope Harvey football team. The history of Art Rooney and old pictures of this North Side area are here. http://www.artrooneyjr.com/pictures1.php This site contains a photos of the Hope Harvey team with the Phipps apartments in the background. The one below is Art Rooney’s own Hope Harvey Football Team, circa 1923. Art is not in the picture but his brother Dan Rooney is 5th from the left, back row and brother Vince Rooney is the young ball boy in front. Photo courtesy of Vincent.T. Rooney family. StreetsThe street dividing the playground from Exposition Park was South Avenue. The cross street at the left was School Street. The railway yards were the Pittsburgh & Western Railroad. All that is gone, replaced most by parking between Heinz Field and PNC Park. And previous to that Three Rivers Stadium. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC, Pittsburgh, Railroads, Sports)
Sportin Life: 1890s
... team." Heretofore rarely seen in photographs of baseball players and equipment from this era: an unscuffed, totally clean and white baseball. Bake 1 hr at 350 F Looks like an especially athletic cooking ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/23/2012 - 6:47pm -

Circa 1890s. "Base ball team, U.S. Naval Academy." Go Annapolis! 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Early base-ball mittensEarly gloves were hardly the engineering marvels worn by today's players. Seen here are some "gloves" that likely offered less padding/protection than many current bicycle riding gloves -- or current oven mitts. "Base ball"Two words was not uncommon for this time if you check older dictionaries. I have also seen where it was "base-ball." In one 1890s dictionary it also states that it is very popular in Japan! PrerequisiteAre freckles a requirement at the Academy? Knuckle downMan on the left has a huge knuckle on his index finger, maybe hurt trying to stab a line drive. So interesting to see the equipment used in the 1890s. Oven Mitts, Turtlenecks, and Serge Wool (oh my).Some things have changed, but the dimensions of the diamond haven't. Not for nothingwas this decade called the Gay Nineties. The other teamNice to see the easy affection men could demonstrate in 1890 (before Freud came along) like the two handsome men seated to the left. Today's sports figures would not want people to surmise in any way that they might be playing on "the other team." Heretoforerarely seen in photographs of baseball players and equipment from this era: an unscuffed, totally clean and white baseball. Bake 1 hr at 350 FLooks like an especially athletic cooking class! Huzzah!All hail the mustachioed sphere-flingers! Don't mock the gearThey're just getting ready for the Hot Stove League! (The Gallery, DPC, Sports)
Vitagraph Studios Baseball Team: 1920
The Vitagraph Studios baseball team, posing for the annual picture. My grandfather was the catcher ... 
 
Posted by thomas - 08/09/2012 - 11:46pm -

The Vitagraph Studios baseball team, posing for the annual picture. My grandfather was the catcher (rear, third from left). I believe the location was Midwood Field in Brooklyn. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Movies)
Company Baseball Team: 1942
Cleveland, Ohio, 1942. The Master Products Company baseball team taken outside the factory. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, ... 
 
Posted by erieskier - 01/31/2014 - 7:49pm -

Cleveland, Ohio, 1942. The Master Products Company baseball team taken outside the factory. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
At the Store: 1971
... Clorets in her purse. She never ran out! Where are the Baseball Cards? Did the store have Baseball cards? Didn't see them in either photo. I'm sure you'd remember ... 
 
Posted by Desdinova - 12/22/2012 - 12:24pm -

Found a slightly older photo to the one seen here. Believe this was taken in 1971 (I'm going by the candy prices) also by my brother and a Polaroid Swinger. This is Dad standing dutifully at his and Mom's Luncheonette in Passaic, NJ. Man, I ate a lot of that Lance peanut brittle! View full size. Color Swinger?Sure about that shot? I don't seem to remember anything but B&W film for the Polaroid Swinger. And I am just remembering now the little tube of fixer that came with each film pack. And Caravelle bars. Ahem...Man, I ate a lot of those Lance snacks too! :P swinger?never was color film ever made for it...just to let you know..nice image with great details CloretsMy mother ALWAYS had Clorets in her purse. She never ran out! Where are the Baseball Cards?Did the store have Baseball cards? Didn't see them in either photo. I'm sure you'd remember though exactly where they were. Emulsion SacrilegeAll this talk about Polaroid film, when the counter protector clearly says "Don't forget Kodak film"! My two favoritesFront and center are my two favorites, namely Andes mints and Chunky. The only place I see them together these days is at Cracker Barrel. Thick...Rich...Chunky! "Open wide for Chunky!" Another unforgettable jingle. Candy"Chunky...What a chunk of chocolate!" Hacks Cough DropsWhat ever happened to Hacks brand cough drops? There is nothing quite like a foul-tasting cough drop to make you forget about your runny nose and congestion! Re: Clorets"Tastes like a mint -- works like a miracle!" Wrong taglineRolaids was "Tastes like a mint..." Uncle JoeWowzers.. My Uncle Joe ran a "candy store" that looked just like this.. six miles East of Passaic in Palisades Park. Bet there were about ten NYC newspapers lined up in front of the counter. Granddad's Advice"Never say NO when someone offers you a Clorets!" The name was based on the chlorophyll added to freshen breath. You don't see it so much in the States these days, but it's big in the foreign markets, especially Mexico, Japan and the Middle East. 1948/19871948, the year I started smoking. 1987, the year I quit. Your dad's right elbow pointing to Marlboros, the brand I was smoking then. Going Back in Time nowAleHouseMug and rizzman1953 you are right there was no color film for the Swinger, my mistake. This was taken with his Polaroid 150 on type 48 film. Dad loved photography but also instant gratification which is why he kept Polaroids around. Scott in the Bay, Baseball cards would have been screen left on the other side of the candy display. I only remember him carrying them at the start of the season though and seldom did he restock after the first batch were gone. Think I'll go home and make a chocolate malted now! "Cloretscost a little more, but Clorets do so much more." As I recall, the name came from chlorophyll and retsyn. Lance Peanut Butter LogsIsn't that what they were called? And I was addicted to them also. I bought so many that the guy at the neighborhood drugstore told me I'd save a lot by buying a case at the time, so I started doing that. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Baseball Fan: c. 1910
Picture found among my mother's photos. Presumably a relative, but not identified. Photo probably made in Brooklyn circa 1910. View full size. Poor Kid Why is this boy smiling? He must not realize he's a southpaw doomed to live in a rig ... 
 
Posted by Doc Rock - 09/18/2011 - 10:14pm -

Picture found among my mother's photos. Presumably a relative, but not identified. Photo probably made in Brooklyn circa 1910. View full size. Poor KidWhy is this boy smiling? He must not realize he's a southpaw doomed to live in a right-handed world. I hope he is in a better place today. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Kids)
Gym Class Baseball: 1972
The photograph was taken in 1972 using a Canon FT 35mm camera and 50mm lens on Tri-X film. The location was South Park High School, Beaumont, Texas, during gym class, mid-morning. And yes, the batter is indeed left-handed. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Texas Greg - 10/04/2010 - 9:28am -

The photograph was taken in 1972 using a Canon FT 35mm camera and 50mm lens on Tri-X film. The location was South Park High School, Beaumont, Texas, during gym class, mid-morning. And yes, the batter is indeed left-handed. View full size. Mystery DateThanks for including the year of this photo, Texas Greg. There's absolutely nothing about the image that can date it to a certain era. For a simple sports photo, it's very evocative and mysterious. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Bloomin' Baseball Beauties: 1922
Iola, Kansas, 1922: My Great Aunt Francelia (right) and a teammate show off their ballpark bloomers on an early Spring day. I don't think they were actual traveling Bloomer Girls, but they surely looked the part. View full size. (ShorpyBlo ... 
 
Posted by Talitha Clementine - 02/09/2011 - 11:43am -

Iola, Kansas, 1922: My Great Aunt Francelia (right) and a teammate show off their ballpark bloomers on an early Spring day. I don't think they were actual traveling Bloomer Girls, but they surely looked the part. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Sports)
Porched: 1926
Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Modoc baseball team." Who seem to have been a rather short-lived club. National Photo Co. glass negative. View full size. Baseball IQs Have you ever noticed that baseball players look the least ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 7:17pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Modoc baseball team." Who seem to have been a rather short-lived club. National Photo Co. glass negative. View full size. Baseball IQsHave you ever noticed that baseball players look the least mentally gifted of almost all athletes? FloppyThe fellow on the left resembles "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (also featured in the above post). Floppy ears and all. Obviously it's not him, but they sorta do bear a likeness. Either that or John Sayles. Come Fly With MeHalf these boys look like they'd take off in a headwind. Jughead on the left there must be at least a little special to have been dropped out like that. White-OutDid you white-out the background behind the young fellow pictured above? Or has he suddenly sprouted angel wings? By the way, I think the younger boy in front is his little brother. [Not me! The background has been blacked out on the negative, probably with ink. The opposite of what we see in the positive image. - Dave] I'd go with the "angel wings"The team was understandably morose when they posed for this picture, only two weeks after teammate "Mac" had been killed by a runaway trolley car. But lo and behold, when the photo was developed, there he was, sitting with them! RelationsThe ears suggest a few blood relations amongst these players. Tenleytown teamFrom Washington Post, March 29,1926 p. 15 "Red Eagles Triumph The Red Eagles showed the heavier hitting in a slugfest game against the Modoc baseball team yesterday, and triumphed 9 to 7 at the Tenleytown diamond." and from Washington Post, May 8, 1927, p. 26 "The Modoc baseball team wants an unlimited game for today. Call Manager J. Gilbert Markham at Cleveland 4828 if interested." Images of both clippings available if someone wants them. So the house has a street number of 5118 (see both columns), the Cleveland exchange at that time covered the Tenleytown and Cleveland Park neighborhood. If that house still exists, it's on a north south street. There's no 5100 block on an east west street up there. Carefully BlockingWhat in the world would have caused such careful blocking out? Of what? It couldn't be a person, given the seating arrangement of the other guys. And yet the blocking was done so carefully. Another mystery on Shorpy! [The background was inked out to get this standalone photo ("mug shot") of the kid. - Dave] (D.C., Natl Photo, Sports)
Woodward Avenue: 1917
... where Ty Cobb stars surprisingly as a small-town Georgia baseball player who signs with the Detroit Tigers. Health Insurance ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/24/2012 - 9:50pm -

Detroit, Michigan, circa 1917. "Looking up Woodward Avenue." Dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. "Mellow as Moonlight"If I was a drinkin' man, I would be sippin' some a that Cascade whiskey. Motor city, for sure!Not one single horse in view. Temporal AcheMan, this is one of those Shorpy photos that really make me wish I had a time machine. Not much leftAbout the only thing still remaining is the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, and even it has been moved about 300 feet from where it stood for 130 years. An amazing photo. Casting against TypeI see the film "Somewhere in Georgia" is playing, where Ty Cobb stars surprisingly as a small-town Georgia baseball player who signs with the Detroit Tigers. Health InsuranceAlmost 100 years later, the country is in a major pique over health Insurance and the Detroit Creamery had the answer all along. This maybe the best urban photograph yet, it certainly is the busiest. Notice the #2 streetcar?It's got one of those fancy-schmancy 'people scoopers' on it, like this: https://www.shorpy.com/node/4468 HodgepodgeOne of the best urban pictures yet! Too much to take in at one sitting; The Opera House, that wonderful memorial, the traffic, those streetcars. I wonder what the tent was for in front of that fountain, just across from the Opera House. FascinatingThere's so much to look at in this photo. I especially enjoy seeing people going about their daily lives, not posing for a camera. The movie theater sign says "All Next Week, Somewhere in Georgia". According to IMDB.com "Somewhere in Georgia", starring Ty Cobb, was filmed in the winter of 1916 and released in June 1917. Is the 1915 date on the photo in error? [Do we know what "circa" means? - Dave] An Edison ElectricI notice that the Edison Electric is being driven by a woman. My grandmother (who lived in Detroit) said that the only car she ever drove was an Edison Electric. She was afraid of driving a gasoline-powered car. [Women liked electrics because there were no gears to shift, and no clutch -- shifting and clutching on cars of that era required quite a bit of muscle. - Dave] Cloudy crystal ballCover story in Time Magazine, October 5, 2009: "The Tragedy of Detroit: How a great city fell, and it it can rise again." Speaking of moonlightFarewell, good moonlight towers. Twenty years gone by the time of this photo. Is it a coincidence that Shorpy has hit upon another star of the silent screen? The theater beneath the Blackstone Cigar sign (far right)features Gladys Brockwell, who, like Kay Laurell (1890-1927), died in her thirties. Horrific 1929 car crash in California. Merrill FountainThe Merrill Fountain in front of the Opera House still exists, too. Granted, it was moved about seven miles up the road to Palmer Park. Before it was called Wootwart (Woodward)The definition of the "good old days" ... Traffic LightsGreat image. Did traffic lights look different then, or did they not have them in Detroit? [In 1917, traffic signals came on two legs. - Dave] Re: An Edison ElectricLooks more like a Detroit Electric car than the very rare Edison. The main reason the ladies like the electric car was no crank starting. Charles Kettering changed that a few years later with the electric starter motor if IC engines. Notice the complete absenceof horse poop. And horses. Stop sign doesn't apply...Surprised to see that pedestrains do not follow traffic signs as they crossed the streets. It seems that those signs were for trolleys and cars only. It anwered my question why my g-g-great uncle got killed by a trolley. ProsperityWow! You can almost hear the hustle and bustle of prosperity in this amazing photograph -- the essence of early 20th century proud American urbanity. Go to Google Earth or some other mapping web site and visit the corner of Woodward and Fort today -- a dreary, faceless, lifeless desert of glassy highrises without a pedestrian in sight. HeartbreakingWhen I go through Detroit now it is a vast third world, broken down, trashed city, with gangs and thugs peering from behind collapsed buildings. How in the name of all that is worthy could this magnificent American city come to what it is today? Almost makes me want to watch Glenn Beck. Oh what a feelingI had to smirk a bit when I opened of the intersection on Google streets and the first thing I saw was a shiny Toyota. FABULOUSThis image is go busy and wonderful. There is so much to notice. I wonder what the conversations were and so much more. There is a tent in the middle of the square to the left of the statue. Why? What is the statue of? All in WhiteI love the woman all in white crossing the street with her plaid skirted friend (near the front of the photo, just before the frontmost car). She looks so different than everyone else. I bet the two women just walking into the frame below them are talking about her. She's showing ankle AND calf! I'm sure she'll be a flapper in a few years! The girl in whiteI think that the girl in white is in fact a girl - probably a young teen accompanying her mother (the lady in the plaid skirt). Therefore she would be perfectly well dressed for her age. However that also means that she would be in the right demographic to become a flapper once the twenties (which would coincide with her twenties) rolled around. Great picture - Lord I could look at it for hours! That banner over the street"ENLIST NOW! YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU" And to your left...Seems even Detroit had its requisite "Seeing..." touring bus company. I count three "charabancs" in this photo, one across the street from Bond's with "WELLS" emblazoned on the back, and two in the centre-left crammed with mostly female tourists. Wonder what they were off to see next? I'm loving the little insignificant human moments the photographer caught and immortalized: the man at the lower left trying to make something out on a bulletin board; the hefty many putting his arm around his companion's waist next to the memorial; three ladies converging outside the theater. Fantastic. The building on the far leftis the 1896 Majestic Building, designed by the famous Chicago architect Daniel Burnham. Among other things, Burnham also designed the Flatiron Building in NYC, and oversaw the construction of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The Majestic was Detroit's tallest building until 1909, when the Ford Building (also a Burnham creation) was completed. The Ford still stands today, as well as Burnham's other Detroit creations, the David Whitney Building and the Dime Building. Sadly the Majestic was torn down in 1962 to make way for the exponentially less-interesting 1001 Woodward Building. “Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence. Remember that our sons and our grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.” -Daniel H. Burnham Sight Seeing in Detroit ca. 1917The Dietsche Sight Seeing Company was one of several companies that offered tours of Detroit back in this time period. Below is a photo of their advertisement offering their services to local companies who might want to entertain their out-of-town customers with a "Sight Seeing Trip around the city, Belle Isle, or Water Works Park." Given the description of the street banner, this photo was probably taken sometime around June 5, 1917, which was the date on which all men between the ages of 21 and 31 were required to register for the draft. Soldiers and Sailors MonumentStill nearby, but not as nicely maintained. Very Nicely MaintainedThe Soldiers & Sailors monument is actually very well maintained. Notice how it's not all blackened with soot as in the old photo. When you view it up close you can also see where some very nice restoration has recently been done. Not everything in Detroit is a rotting hulk. Still busyNot like this, but the ice skating rink at Campus Martius is already set up and would be approximately directly in front of the Detroit Opera House. Downtown Detroit is not the home of thugs or crime at all, really, but is sadly quiet when the businesses are closed. Many of the buildings are still here, and magnificent. Come visit before they tear them all down. I'll be ordering a large print of this image! Thank you Shorpy. Re. "Mellow as Moonlight"I saw this photo a few days ago, and, like GeezerNYC, I was quite struck by the Cascade Whiskey billboard. Now, I know that Geo. Dickel is still in business, and I was familiar with Dickel's Tennessee Sipppin' Whiskey and Old No. 8, but I had never heard of Cascade. It must have gone the way of the buggy whip and Lydia Pinkham, I thought. But then today I stopped at the liquor store after work to pick up a bottle of wine, and GUESS WHAT THEY HAD?!?! shhhh...too loud. So, then and I bought some. And do you guys know what? It's pretty goood. I';m drikning it right now. And I just wanna True story I swear. Hey! do you know what? I bought some oft hat Cacsade whiskey? Or is it whishky? Aanyway, I just wanna You know what/ You guys are greatf. I just wanna Hudson's Grows, and...Hudson's grew with Detroit, and perhaps inevitably, declined with Detroit. Cascade HollowThe current Cascade Hollow Whiskey was created to deal with a shortage of the Dickel No. 8 and then just hung around. They didn't have enough whiskey of a certain age so they made a new brand and put their younger stuff in it so that the quality of the No. 8 wouldn't suffer. The Cascade Hollow has been discontinued, but it's still on the shelves in many places. The name Cascade was replaced by the Dickel name after Prohibition and a number. In order of price (& quality) the current Dickel offerings are: (Cascade Hollow) Dickel No. 8 Dickel No. 12 Dickel Barrel Select (which is one of the best whiskeys I've ever had. And I've had a lot.) Anyway, Dickel is currently owned by the evil international spirits conglomorate Diageo, which also owns Guinness, Hennessey, Smirnoff, Johnny Walker, Tanqueray, Bushmills, Cpt. Morgan, Jose Cuervo, Crown Royal and many many more. I can't relate to this picture at allThere is no one in this picture that looks like me or anyone else in my family and for that matter most of my friends...maybe that's how most of the people making comments about it want Detroit to look like. Movie ID helpIn the background, there appears to be a movie showing called "The Spoilers", but Wikipedia says it came out in 1914, not 1917. Just below that it looks like "Barrymore (?) as Georgia" and to the left of that is "Ty". Anyone have some ideas as to which movies are being advertised? [The movie is "Somewhere in Georgia," with Ty Cobb, released in 1917. - Dave] Re: Re: An Edison ElectricMy great-great-grandfather Frank Montgomery Foster was selling Kissel Kars in Detroit. In 1913, he also had "one of the Detroit's finest garages at the corner of Gratiot Avenue and Grand Boulevard." It looks like the two cars in the bottom left of the photo (with the barrel fronts) may be Kissels, but I don't know enough about autos of the era to ID them. KernsMy co-worker's last name is Kerns. I showed him this picture one day and eventually forwarded it to him. He then forwarded picture to his family and learned that his mother Americanized their Polish name around 1917 after seeing that building "Kern's Children's Clothes." One of the best!The photo is insanely busy and the comments led me on a couple scavenger hunts online. Introduced to Gladys Brockwell, Daniel Burnham, Cascade, Dietsche company, etc. A very entertaining hour and a half on this one pic! Of course, being from Detroit makes it that much more interesting. Also, Heartbreaking, Detroit is a pheonix. You watch what she can do! The people have so much spirit. We love our city like a member of our family. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Detroit Photos, DPC, Streetcars)
Rockaway Bungalows: 1910
... board games and cards and rode our bikes. The guys played baseball in the parking lot adjacent to the Palace Hotel. The team was a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/04/2012 - 3:56am -

Vacation bungalow colony at Rockaway, Queens, c. 1910. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. Note "front yards" of sand decorated with seashells. Sand in QueensI wonder if any of the buildings are still standing. Since they are tract of small bungalows, I wonder what company supplied that lot for workers to live in. Sand in...Queens?! Wow. [Never heard of Rockaway Beach? - Dave] BungalowsWere these for living or vacation rentals? They sure are cute. Does anyone know how far from the water they were? Rockaway[Never heard of Rockaway Beach? - Dave] Well I've heard of Rockaway Beach here in Oregon. :) Re: BungalowsThe were seasonal at first. More info at the Beachside Bungalow Preservation Association: By the 1920s, Rockaway Beach was the poor man's Riviera. It had a six-mile long boardwalk lined with amusements, and thousands flocked to the beach every summer weekend. Many families rented tents for the entire season, while those a little more affluent rented small bungalows. The concept of the bungalow in America was well established by this time as they were built for summer communities on both coasts. The plans could be purchased from catalogues and were designed in numerous styles. This last remaining bungalow colony was built by Richard Bainbridge in the 1920s. The one and a half story houses all have front porches and pitched roofs. The design and style vary from street to street. Some of the bungalows are in a Spanish Revival style of stucco with wood trim and green the roofs, and others are in an English Tudor of brick. Lacking heat, they were closed for the winter months. The lanes leading to the beach have permanent easements for common access. As development pressures change the Rockaways, this small district has become endangered. But it would be appropriate to preserve and restore this remnant of past summer amusements. The yards are super.The yards are super. Send the kids down to the beach to bring back sea shells to decorate with! Talk about a family project. Rockaway BungalowsI'm pretty sure these are not there anymore. In fact Rockaway Beach today is quite run-down. If you take the A Train out there, these must have been between the tracks and the water, where there are now streets with no houses. Only weeds. Sadly, most of theseSadly, most of these bungalows are gone, as Doug points out above. There are only a few left, and they face demolition by developers who want to turn the Rockaways into yet another bland housing development. These were vacation homes for folks in Manhattan and the other boros, not company houses for factory workers. How close were they to the beach? How does less than a city block sound? In the Rockaways, as at Coney, Manhattan, Brighton, and other New York City beaches, the streets are set up perpendicular to the beach and are only a few blocks long. The last block actually ends at the boardwalk. Across the boardwalk is the beach. The Ramones were from the Rockaways. Beach 29th streetMy family rented a bungalow on Beach 29th street until I was around 12 years old. As soon as school was over, my parents would pack up a van and off we went until Labor Day. It was the most amazing summers of my life. No locks on doors, showers in the backyard, fireworks Wednesday nights. My parents belonged to a group called FROGS- Far Rockaway Ocean Goers. The Bungalow owners, Mr. and Mrs. Herman, would let my Dad come before the season to fish. The last time I was there was about 36 years ago. It was so sad to see the destruction of these amazing bungalows. Ours was white and green, and all the furniture inside was painted a sticky tacky gray. My Grandma and Nana lived a few blocks up in a rooming house. It was very sad to watch as these homes burned to the ground. Such a day-gone-by era. Beach 29th StreetHi! I am very curious exactly where on 29th Street the bungalow was. I lived on 29th just off Seagirt Blvd. It was a year 'round dwelling. The area was VERY crowded during the summer and VERY empty from after Labor Day until Memorial Day. Do you have any pictures from there? I would love to see them! Thanks, Marc Far Rockaway refugee now living in Bayside, NY Rockaway BungalowsThere was nothing better than spending the summer in Rockaway. Most of your family members rented bungalows in the court. Everyone was out every night. The beach was just a few steps away. Fathers came out only for the weekends, even if you lived in Queens... Beach 107 StreetMy aunts, grandmother and uncle would whisk us away to Rockaway the minute school closed for the summer. We would stop at Weiss's for fish and chips, then drive over the old Cross Bay Boulevard bridge and see the top of the roller coaster and the ocean beyond. In a few minutes we would be at our bungelow in Highland Court, the second one in. We thought we had arrived since we had a hot water heater. It was a great place for kids to grow up. Every day my sister and I would open the window with the sun shining down on us. We would get into our bathing suits and run to the beach, riding the waves until we were dragged out by our relatives. Beach 106 StreetBetween 1951 and 1958 or so I stayed with my good friend Donald Sullivan and his family in bungalows on Beach 106 Street. I don't remember the court name - if it had one. I do seem to remember Highland Court but this was centuries ago and memory may play tricks. Sand in QueensA similar group of bungalows still exists in the Breezy Point Coop and Roxbury in Queens. Many have been expanded and converted to year round use now, though some are still used only for the season. They refer to Breezy Point and Roxbury as the "Irish Riviera" due to the strong Irish presence. B. 29th bungalowsI know EXACTLY where you were. My grandmother too had a bungalow, about 5-6 before the boardwalk ramp. They were on the left side, because on the right side was a parking lot or a building (I can't remember it exactly). But up the block was two hotels - the Regency and another one. They were both owned by the same people - Mr. and Mrs. Hecht, german/lithuanian-jewish folks. If you remember, there was a wooden bridge that connected the two buildings, and the courtyard was shared by the two. The showers were both underneath the front of the buildings behind the, lattice and then common showers/bathrooms in the hallways. There was one public phone on each floor and a television on each floor. When my grandmother could no longer stay in the bungalow (either they were sold, torn down or condemned), she went into the Regency Hotel. She was in the basement which was very cool in the summer. They dodn't need air conditioning. The last party of the season was Mardi Gras. My grandmother, being on the heavy side, loved to wear blackface makeup and put her hair up with a tied kerchief - she was "Aunt Jemima." I only wish I had a place like 29th street to bring up my children in the summers. We ended up renting cabanas in Atlantic Beach from when they were little, then moved to Atlantic Beach, but retained memberships at the beach club. We can't get the sand out of our shoes! Belle Harbor's Bungalows I was searching for a picture of Weiss's Restaurant and stumbled across this site. I found one taken before the war, but was hoping to find one more recently, like late 1950s or early 60s. Looking at the group of bungalows, there were similar ones along the beach 2 rows deep at B129th Street in Belle Harbor, Rockaway. They looked very similar to the ones in the pics if memory serves. I was there last year and although they still occupy the same footprint, most have either been completely reconstructed or torn down and replaced with more modern ones. I recall every summer going to the beach and seeking out the "city" kids here for a few weeks. We made lots of new friends every summer. Then there were the bungalows out on RockyPoint/BreezyPoint. My mother spent her childhood summers, probably right there in that picture. Her parents owned their own bungalow. I have a picture of it from around 1941. Mom's 83 and I'll have to print this off and show it to her. Maple Court, Beach 28th st.I've been searching for info on Far Rockaway. I've been strolling down memory lane thinking about my wonderful summers there. My family rented, and we stayed for a total of five summers. The last two were in Maple Court, which, I believe, was on beach 26th or 28th Street. Before that we were in B Court and A Court on 28th. I agree with the posters who spoke of these summers as paradise! I felt truly free there. And yes, nothing was locked up. There was no schedule to keep. Just pure fun. My last summer there was in 1969. I remember this because of the moon landing. We returned home from the fireworks display on the beach and watched it on TV. My grandparents owned a fruit store on the main street, and they stayed at a wonderful hotel called the Manor. My happiest memories from my childhood are from Far Rockaway. Maple Court bungalowMy family purchased a bungalow at 29 Maple Court in 1969 when I was 9 years old. I too had the greatest memories there. We took so much for granted thinking everyone lived as we did. Now I realize how lucky we were back then. Being able to stroll down the street to the boardwalk, watching the fireworks Wednesday nights, and winning prizes at the arcade games are fond memories. Do you remember the pizza shop on the corner? Because the bungalows were so small and cozy, to this day I prefer smaller spaces. Thanks for letting me relive those memories for just a short time. The EmbassyWe stayed in the Embassy on 29th Street (right next to the ramp to the beach). Many of my friends were in the bungalow courts between 28th and 29th. We stopped going in 1967 but those were the best times -- those summers were magical. My husband and I went back in 1998. There is a school where the Embassy used to be and nothing much else. I went down to the beach and I cried. Who were your grandparents?Carolyn, my parents owned the Manor at 2400 Seagirt Blvd (beach 24st). My last summer on Rockaway Beach was 1967 just before I entered the Army. My parents and I moved to South Florida shortly there after. I was 6 miles from the DMZ in Vietnam when we landed on the moon. Fruit storeCarolyn, if memory serves (pretty fuzzy by now), your grandparents were the Lebowitzes. The fruit store was on Edgemere Avenue just off Beach 24 next to Willy's Market. If I am right, I am amazed. The EmbassyMy family had a bungalow on B29th Street on "the ramp" from the 1950s until around 1970. I got thrown out of the Embassy by the owner because we didn't live there. I bought ice cream at the candy store under the porch of the hotel. I saw the school, it was a bummer. I remember Lenny's, skee ball, Jerry's knishes, Sally & Larry's pizza, movies on the boardwalk, Dugan the baker, softball games, basketball in the parking lot. I used to sell lemonade to the ball players on hot days. Memories ... I remember a girl named Cherie or Sherry. She had a boyfriend, Arnie. I used to hang out with Arnie's brother Marvin. lmc2222@aol.com Far RockawayI also have childhood reminiscences of Far Rockaway. My family lived in a small bungalow rented for a group of Russians in 1970s (yep, I am Russian, living in Moscow now). I was 3 or 4 years old at that time, so I do not remember much. What I know is that these are one of the brightest memories of my early childhood. My pa said the house was really small. I do not know what street it was on, or if it still exists. What matters are the snapshots of my memory: me sitting on a porch on a rocking chair, and the arches of the porches, of the same form and shape, go all the way down to the ocean. Me playing in sand, building garages for toy trucks, with other children running from waves that seemed - wow - so really huge. And above all and around all, the salty smell of Atlantic, which is different from any other seaside smell. Great pity the place is devastated today. Hope that everyone who has ever had good times in Far Rock keeps his own memory snapshots of the place, where it looks as it really should. Fruit StorePeter, you have an incredible memory! My grandparents were the Leibowitzes. That's such a specific memory. Did you know them personally? I would love to hear about any memories you have of them or the store. Were you a child at the time? The EmbassyCheri, I can understand your crying. I went back many years ago and was also upset to see the area so demolished. At that time, it seemed the only bungalow left standing belonged to a lady we were all so afraid of on Maple court. She seemed to hate kids (probably we just annoyed her mercilessly!). But going back as an adult, I saw her situation quite differently. The bungalow was all she had, and so she stayed there while everything around her seemed to be destroyed. Maple Court BungalowLillian, we must have known each other since we were there at the same time, and we were around the same age. I was in the first bungalow on the right, facing the main street. You might remember the pile of junk in front of the house (left by the owner, which we were waiting for them to take away!) Where in the court were you? I remember a girl named Elena, and a boy everybody had a crush on named Eddie. The ManorWow... your parents owned the Manor! What an interesting and exciting experience that must have been. If I recall correctly, there were an eccentric bunch of characters staying there. Carolyn! What a great happening!Hi Carolyn, Glad you found me on Facebook. Your ability to put me together with my earlier Shorpy post was remarkable, so I am posting this for the benefit of "Shorpy page readers." Your recollections and mine from the 1960's certainly attest to how great having the internet and pages like Shorpy's are. (Shorpy..thank you!) The fact that I remembered your grandparents is somewhat unique cause I can't remember anyone else's grandparents from way back then, other then mine. I must have really liked them and was destined to cross your path again. I remember sitting and talking with them on porch of the Manor in one of those green rocking chairs. They were "grandparent" types, had a European accent like most grandparents back then, and easy to be comfortable with. Just to put things into focus, I am now 63. That was back when I was 16 or 17 and younger, but your grandparents returned to the Manor for quite a few summers in the 1960s. How could I have remembered your grandparents' name? I too am amazed and flabbergasted. Memories of Far RockawayYes, this website is truly wonderful for allowing us to stroll down memory lane and recall the sights, smells and feel of Far Rockaway... and what an extra treat for me to find someone who actually knew my grandparents. Thank you Shorpy's for allowing us this exchange of information and memories... and thank you Peter for your kindness and your very sharp memory! Far RockawayMy sister directed me to this site. We stayed in the Jefferson Hotel, right between Beach 29th and 30th, next to the Frontenac. My good friend Faye's grandparents, the Kratkas, owned the Embassy and both Faye and I worked the concession stand which her parents ran. The memories of the boardwalk are still strong. Not only did we have the luxury of a fantastic beach at our doorstep, we also had nighttime fun. Cruising up and down the boardwalk -- eating pizza at Sally & Larry's, or Takee Cup (originally called Tuckee Cup until the owners got disgusted of painting out the alternate name it always received over the winter months) and listening to Eddie, with his ever-present songbook, sing requests. All added up to good, clean fun. I left in 1968, went back from time to time, but haven't been back in years. Unfortunately, you can see enough from Google Earth. My two auntsMy father's two aunts had a bungalow in Rockaway Beach in the late 50's early 60's. It had flowered wallpaper and a musty smell, but it was the most interesting home I have ever been in. I was allowed to leave and explore without my mother's glare. I cannot tell you what food we ate there. I have no memory of meals which is odd. I do remember being bitten by my aunt's dog, which scared me for a long time. I think their names were Bernice and Ruth Cohan. If you have any thing to share please do. thanks, Mary Donaldson neversynvr@aol.com Twin HousesThe houses with the bridge were known as "the twin houses", possibly the Claremore & Edgewater, both owned by the Hechts. I spent the happiest summers of my life there! Like Cheri, I've wanted to return, but haven't as I know how sad it would be. Better to revisit in memory, sometimes in dreams. I probably know Cheri (from Arnie & the Joey days) and Les rings a bell, as does singing Eddie... Marcy Sand in my shoes on Beach 107thMy mother's family went to Beach 107th in the summers of 1917 through 1929. After the Depression hit they couldn't afford it. I still have photos of that period. In 1951 our family went down to the Rockaways and rented a bungalow for the season. The courts I remember were Almeida and Holmenhurst. My dad came only for the weekends, arriving Friday evening. The first thing he did was put on his trunks and head for the beach with me. When he hit the ocean you could see all his cares and worries leave. At night the parents would gather on the porches and play cards, drink a Tom Collins or have a beer and just have a good time. As a 10-year-old I wondered what was so much fun doing this every weekend. It occurred to me many years ago that boy, did they have it made. Sitting on a porch with a nice summer drink, a cool ocean breeze along with good friends to talk with and play cards with. Life was so laid-back and simple then. Does anyone remember the doughnut shop Brindle's or the bakery Dudie's? What about Nat's Ice cream shop, where you could get a walk-away sundae. Bill's Deli had the best salads and cold cuts. Wonderful summers that will always keep me warm in the winters of my aging mind. Beach 28th Street & A B and C CourtsI too remember the pizzaria on the corner of Beach 28th street. I remember my friends Randy, Shmealy, Risa, Brenda and Jody. I don't remember Shmealy's given name, but I remember he was hyperactive and a lot of fun. Made up a song from the commercials of the time for Halo Shampoo. "Halo Sham-poo poo, Ha-a-lo! Jodi's mom didn't want me hanging around Jody because I blinked my eyes too much. Oh well. HEY: Jody from Beach 29th street who wrote a post here on 11/12/2007 - I wonder if you're the Jody I remember!? I hung around with Risa a lot. I still have a photo of us and my dog Suzie on the porch of my Bungalow. I once disappeared into the Courts of Beach 28th street while walking my dog. I ended up talking to a boy for 2 hours, not knowing my parents had called the police and had an all-out search for me. My father finally found me. I was the talk of the town that day! I hope someone remembers these people or IS one of these people, or remembers the lost girl incident and would like to contact me at orangechickens2@aol.com. It would be wonderful to hear from you!! Anyone remember dogball?My dad wrote about playing dogball on the beach at 110th Street on his blog at willhoppe.com. I'm going to show him all of your comments later tonight. The BungalowsI was born in Far Rockaway in 1942. I lived there for 16 summers. My dad owned a small grocery on B 28th street. It was the best time of my life. Maple Court faced 28th. To me it was a very exotic place. The renters/owners vacationed there, my dad was a workman. We lived in roominghouses with a bath on the floor. One year I begged my dad to live in Maple Court and we got a small apartment in the back of a bungalow there. The bungalows were the BEST. Rockaway native from HammelsBorn in Rockaway in 1941 at Rockway Beach Hospital. Went to PS 44, JHS 198, Class of '59 from Far Rock. Worked as a locker boy at Roche's Beach Club in Far Rockaway. For two summers I worked in Rockaway Playland. I lived on 90th, where my parents rented out the bungalow in the back of our house every summer. My father at the end of his years as a waiter worked in Weiss's dining room, and the Breakers restaurant on 116th Street. I met my wife in 1965 at McNulty's on 108th Street. She was from Woodhaven and Breezy Point. We got married in '68. I am writing this on the back deck as we are still enjoying the summer weather here at Breezy. We both still have sand in our shoes. Our 1940s summersA group of Bronx families spent the summers of the early '40s in a few bungalows. Sundays the working fathers would appear for a community breakfast. We celebrated V-J Day with a parade on the boardwalk. Takee Cup was a part of our diet. A noodle cup to be eaten after the chow mein was devoured. The ultimate hand held food treat. Beach 25th StreetI grew up in Far Rockaway in the 1960s and 70s. We lived in the Bronx and rented every summer on Beach 32nd Street (now two big apartment buildings -- Seaview Towers). When I was 9 or 10, we moved to Beach 25th year-round. The summers were great -- we didn't wear shoes most of the time. Every Friday night, "Bingo Al" held a game in the court behind the bungalows, between 25th and 26th. One summmer he had a "Chinese auction" and dressed up in an oriental robe and Fu Manchu mustache and beard. Many of the residents got seltzer water delivered in bottles at their back porch. They would gather in the evenings out in front of the bungalows and talk and joke. I would lie in my bed, with my ear pressed against the window screen, trying to listen, and also trying to stay cool -- no air conditioning. Sol "The Cantor" Gerb would play his little electric organ as people sipped their drinks, chatted or played cards. It was like a different world from the rest of New York. I read where one commenter talked about the bungalows rented for the Russians. This was on Beach 24th Street. They worked at the United Nations and rented a block of bungalows. Every Monday morning passenger vans would show up to take them to work at the UN. We played with the Russian kids. They were a good bunch. I stayed over at one of their bungalows and we had crepes for breakfast. I had no idea what crepes were! I learned to play chess, as the Russians were crazy about it. I recall one time when members of the Jewish Defense League blew up a small BMW belonging to one of the Russians. The news came out and I was in the background, behind the reporter. A sad time for Far Rockaway. One of the amazing things was the backgrounds of the bungalow residents -- former concentration camp prisoners, Russians, Irish, Jews, some Italians and Greeks, but we all got along so well. A great place to grow up! At the FrontenacMy family spent summers at the Frontenac from the late 40s until 1957. When I describe it to my daughter, I have to confess it was really more like a boardinghouse. My mother, father and I shared a room that was also the kitchen. Bathroom on the floor, showers were out back for when you came back from the beach. It was great community. Juke box for dancing, card room for gin and mah jongg and the television on the porch. I loved Jerry's cherry cheese knishes. I remember the movie theater on the boardwalk in the 30's (it could barely be called indoors) I bought the News and Mirror off the delivery trucks for 2 or 3 cents and sold them for a nickel. My parents would pay the guy who ran the first aid station under the boardwalk to hold our beach chairs overnight so we wouldn't have to "schlep" them back and forth. We played softball on the blacktop parking lot on 29th street right off the boardwalk. My wife, who I did not know then, stayed with a friend's family in a bungalow on 29th street. I think her best memory was playing Fascination. Best summers everI used to stay at my grandmother's bungalow on B 28th st. in the mid to late 60s. Those were the very best summers ever! Walking just a few yards to the boardwalk and beach, pizza from the store on the corner, hanging with Howie and the crowd there. Playing Fascination for a dime, huge french fries in those cone cups. If anyone knows the whereabouts of Howie Young I'd love to get in touch with him. My email is belongtoyou@hotmail.com Hugh McNulty Hotel, Rockaway BeachI am trying to learn about Hugh McNulty's Hotel. I am not sure what street it was on, but there was also a bar in it. Hugh was my mum's uncle and her father came to stay with him and work for him. The time period may have been 1924-1930. I know the hotel was still in operation in 1953, as my grandmother visited him at that time. Any help is appreciated. libtech50@comcast.net Edgemere memoriesMy family lived many places in the Edgemere section of Far Rockaway (I don't know the exact boundaries of Edgemere, if there were any), but my memories centered on Beach 48th Way and Beach 48th Street. Fantastic place to spend the summers and escape the hell of the South Bronx. I had wonderful Jewish friends and I worried that they would go to hell because they weren't Catholic. Now I laugh as such perverted theology, but back then it was serious stuff. I loved the beach, the ocean, the starts, the jetties, playing every group game known to humans, going over the the "bay side" to play softball with the "project people" -- those who lived beyond the marshes and spent the winter there. No doubt about it, the best part of my childhood was Rockaway. Too bad it was taken away from us and to my knowledge, still is just a bunch of sand with no houses where we used to live, right near the boardwalk. Beach 48th Way, RockawayIn the early 1960s there were two brothers that were lifeguards when my family was there, Dennis and Tom Fulton. Anyone remember them? Also there was a man named Warren who would feed pigeons at the end of the block every day. My parents would rent a bungalow in the summer months to get us out of Brooklyn for awhile. Great memories. Rockaway, a kid's dreamI remember growing up in Rockaway. We had two boarding houses on Beach 114th Street. When my mom was a kid, Carroll O'Connor, his mom and brother Frank stayed with them. He returned to see my parents back in the mid-eighties and I received one of his last e-mails before he died. I worked my way bartending at Fitzgerald's on Beach 108th and Sullivan's on Beach 116th (1967-1970). You could leave the house at 7 years old, walk to the beach without crossing the street and never had to worry one bit. The neighbors looked out for everone's children. Great memories and thanks to Shorpy for an incredible site. Brilliant job! Cohen's CourtThe picture above is very much how I remember the bungalow court where my parents rented in the summers of the early 1950s. I think my mom said it was Cohen's Court. Ours was at the end of the court on the left. I don't remember too much, I was really little. But I think there was a center row of garden where parents hid treats for us to hunt. I remember a corner candy store we kids could walk to and my mom confiscating a tube of plastic bubbles I bought. I guess she thought the fumes would get me high or something. There was a little girl across the court who would stand on her porch in a towel and flash us once in a while. And I have a memory of being on the beach with my parents, I in the sand and my mom in a beach chair, and my dad taking me into the water. I went back with my parents in the early 60s because they were thinking about renting it again. But it was so musty and dirty and ramshackle that they decided against it. I had a girl friend with me and I have to say I was embarrassed about the way the place looked and smelled. Too bad, that bungalow was a great summer getaway for a working class family from Brooklyn. Elisa on B 29thWas your grandma named Bessie? I lived in the Claremar, one of the twin houses, and I remember her. Did you have a brother too? My sister, parents, grandmother and baby brother and I all lived in two rooms in the basement. I remember Crazy Eddie and his huge black book of songs. Tina and Elise ... Elliot ... Donna ... Jackie ... smiling in memory! Palace HotelThe last place my family stayed at for quite a few years was the Palace Hotel on Beach 30th Street right near the boardwalk. Those were the days my friend. All the arcades and food places on the boardwalk, Cinderella Playland for the little kiddies, the Good Humor man , Ralph was his name. Life was simple. No internet, cell phones or video games yet we had great times and wonderful memories. We played board games and cards and rode our bikes. The guys played baseball in the parking lot adjacent to the Palace Hotel. The team was a mix of every race and ethnicity and everyone managed to get along and looked forward to playing together the next Summer. The beach was the best. Dads could go to work and come back every day rather than only on weekends as they do in the Catskills. Such a shame that this no longer exists. The last summer I went there for a few weekends was in 1976. The JeffersonMy grandparents rented a place in the Jefferson for many years. I have great memories of the place, the back stair cases, the porch, and the beach just a short walk away. Does anyone have relatives who stayed there? Rockaway summersI spent virtually every summer till the age of 22 in Rockaway. We stayed on Beach 49th till they knocked them down, then kept moving to the 20's. Best time of my life. My family was unique -- Italians in the Jewish neighborhood and we came in from Jersey! My mom grew up in Brooklyn and her family started coming in the '40s! Wish I could connect with friends from back then. If I sound familiar please let me know. You would be in your mid to late 50s now. Rockaway Beach Bungalows on PBSI received a message, last night, from my girlfriend who stated that "The Bungalows of Rockaway" was on PBS @ 8PM. I started watching at 8:30 and to my surprise I could not stop watching. I was born at Rockaway Beach Hospital and I am a lifer. I never lived in a Bungalow but I have always wanted to purchase one. I was taken aback by the fact that there were at least 6,000 bungalows and now there are approximately 300 (big difference). I also found out in this documentary that there is hope that the bungalows can be landmarked and I hope that it happens. The bungalows are a unique attraction to this area and I hope that the 300 remaining can be preserved. Elisa on B. 29th Street - the hotelsTo Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 08/13/2010 - 3:15am - YES! My grandmother was Bessie. I do remember your family - your grandmother, parents and the little ones. Your mom wore glasses and had blonde hair. She always wore her hair pulled back and up on her head, curlers in the evening. Also, Harry and Dottie lived in a large room in the corner of the basement of the hotel. I have 3 brothers and one sister. My Aunt Rose and Uncle Leo used to come to the hotel as well to visit with Grandma Bessie. Please e-mail me @ medmalnursing@msn.com Sally's Pizza and the Lemon & Orange Ice StandI spent the best summers of my life on Beach 28th Street. Coming from a Bronx apartment, it felt like our own private house. Our own family doctor came out to Rockaway every summer and stayed on Beach 24th Street. I now wonder what happened to his patients during July and August. How come nobody has mentioned Sally's pizza, on the boardwalk around 32nd Street? You couldn't forget Sally-- with her bleached blond hair, tight pants, and backless highheels. Near Sally's was the fresh lemon and orange ice stand with the fruit stacked against the wall. The ices even contained pits. No artificial coloring or corn syrup in those ices. Grandmother's bungalowsMy grandmother owned 10 bungalows on the beach on 35th Street from the 1930s thru the 1950s. They were the ones nearest the water. I loved going to help her get them ready each spring and clean them up each fall. Playing on that wonderful empty beach at those times of year with no one else in sight. We lived in Far Rockaway at 856 Central Ave., so going to the bungalows was not a long trip. Great memories. Mom's RivieraMy mother loved Rockaway so much that we called it "Mother's Riviera." She couldn't have cared less about the beautiful beaches across the ocean in France or Italy, for Rockaway Beach was her greatest joy. We spent many summers in a bungalow court on 109th Street and my grandmother and her sisters also spent their youthful summer days in Rockaway Beach. So our family goes back generations loving Rockaway. Every Memorial Day the court always had a party to celebrate the beginning of summer and the courtyard inhabitants were usually Irish. The courtyard came alive with Irish songs and jigs and reels. Of course, the people of the courtyard always chipped in for a big keg of beer. It was repeated on Labor Day as we all said our goodbyes to our neighbors and to our beloved Rockaway Beach. Saturday nights in Rockaway were spent at the closest Irish bar and some nights the local boys slept under the boardwalk after having a wild time. They always managed to get themselves together for Sunday Mass or otherwise they would get holy hell from their families. Sands of TimeI spent every summer in the Rockaway bungalows from the fifties until the mid eighties when we were forced to leave because of the deteriorating situation. I was a child on Beach 49th and remember George's candy store where you could get a walkaway sundae for 50 cents. Sue, I remember the Fulton brothers, who were lifeguards. Handsome devils, had a crush on Tom when I was 14. Times were safe. There were a thousand kids to play with. We went from 49th, 40th 39th, 38th, 26th and finally 25th Street with my own kids trying to hold on to that wonderful way of life. Unfortunately it disappeared. Some of the best days of our liveswere spent on Beach 25th. When I was 12 (1936) until I was 17, we stayed every summer at my grandmother's at Beach 66th Street. Those were glorious days on the beach. The boardwalk at night was wonderful, too. We played pinball, and games of skill for 5 cents to collect prizes. Bottled soda and ice cream were 5 cents then, too. We used to run up to the boardwalk to eat the delicious knishes. My summers at Far Rockaway were the most unforgettable of my growing up. Tuna fish and bologna sandwiches on a roll never tasted as good as it did at the waterfront. In 1961, when I was married with children, we rented a bungalow on Beach 25th and loved it! It was a rainy summer and we spent a lot of time in Far Rockaway shopping, eating and going to the movies. Every sunny day, however, we quickly rushed to the beach to enjoy it with family and friends. The Jefferson, Beach 30thI stayed with Grandma and Grandpa every summer for years in a small room at ground level. Grandpa would take me to the beach in the morning, then off to the stores on 24th Street. The back patio was for dancing on Saturday night and the concession inside had bingo. The porch! As I grew up to teenager, I met Ronnie Schenkman and family on the second or third floor (used the back staircase). I don't remember where Eleanor stayed. Crazy Eddie and his songs. Hal and his girl of the night. Warm nights and days. Very sexy! As a working girl I still took the RR to Far Rockaway, then the bus to Edgemere. Took my children to visit Grandma when it was becoming sad looking. Then went to the area years later and found a burnt shell with a wicked fence surrounding it. Took pics and had a good cry. We are all lucky that we were able to experience the wonderful warm sun and sultry nights. Belle Harbor BungalowsI think the two rows of Belle Harbor bungalows on Beach 129th to which another person referred were probably the Ocean Promenade Apartments. I have very happy memories of living there in the mid-i950s in the winter. Beach at 37th streetWhat a trip to see all of the these comments. I grew up and lived year round on Beach 37th until 1950, when we moved to Bayside. Takee Cup was a treat as well as the movie theater on the boardwalk, Italian ices and of course the arcade. For a penny you could get great photos of famous cowboys and movie stars. Rockaway in 1958My family spent the summer in Rockaway in 1958. Most of our friends were in the court, but we were outside it on the main street. I don't remember the street, but I suspect it was around Beach 45th, as the El was right on the corner. We had a bungalow with a porch. I was climbing on the outside of it, fell when I saw a neighbor's dog that I wanted to play with, and broke my wrist on broken concrete. Today, one would sue the owner. Back then, we just made do. Later that same summer, I ran across the street to get Italian ices from the local candy store, but looked the wrong way crossing the one-way street and almost got hit by a car. I didn't think that much of it, but the woman driving was hysterical. I also remember a movie theatre on the Boardwalk. In those days, an 8-year-old (me) could feel safe walking the boardwalk without an adult present. The back of the theater opened up at night so you could sit outside. I saw "The Colossus of New York" there, an incredibly bad "monster" movie. Most of the bungalows in the Rockaways were destroyed by Hurricane Donna in 1960. So-called "urban renewal" took care of the rest. Now some sections of the Rockaways, especially those facing the ocean, are filled with expensive new condos. The Jefferson 1950s I stayed at the Jefferson in the 1950s. It was far far away from the Bronx. Our father worked two, sometimes three jobs, so my brother and I could escape the Bronx and spend each summer --the whole summer-- in Rockaway. Dad took the train to work every day. We turned brown by July 4th; skinny brown kids always running, scheming, cunningly evading the watchful eyes of Jewish mothers. We played softball in the parking lot by the beach in the early mornings before the cars showed up. We played kick the can in the street, ring-o-lerio (sp?), off the stoop. And then there were the long long days on the beach, hopping on hot sand from blanket to shore, waiting the magic 45 minutes to go in the water after eating lim and sandy salami sandwiches, early versions of body-surfing, acting like we couldn't hear our mothers calling that it was time to come in from the water. Crawling into the cool dark sand under the boardwalk. Some kid named Howie always had a piece of fruit in hand, juice dribbling down his chin. And then there was a kid whose own family called him "Fat Jackie" -- at least that's how I remember it. Once in a while we were treated to Takee cups or lemon Italian ices, and chocolate egg creams. Always sneaking off with so much watermelon that your belly ached, and sand -- always sand -- in your bed. Jumping off the wooden steps to the beach, higher and higher, until you dared to jump from the railings along the boardwalk. I think it was Friday nights we would go to the boardwalk to watch the fireworks display from Playland. Flying kites over the surf when the weather cooled, and sneaking out to the Boardwalk to watch, awestruck, huge summer storms -- was it hurricane Carol? Evenings with men playing pinochle, women playing mah jongg. Ping Pong, hide & seek around the Jefferson. Costume parties with fat hairy men wearing grass skirts and coconut shell brassieres, and mothers with painted mustaches and sideburns, wearing huge hipster hats, chewing cold cigars. Then, dreaded September, back to school and insanely diving under your desk to practice for the upcoming atomic war, or wondering whether you were one of the kids who got the fake Polio vaccine. But somehow, during those summers at the Jefferson, there was nothing to fear. Nothing at all. Beach 45thDoes anyone remember Scott Whitehill or Laird Whitehill? If so, please e-mail me at scott@scottwhitehill.com Moe's Grocery Store on Beach 28thBarbara posted a comment earlier about her dad owning a grocery store on Beach 28th Street. The name of the grocery store was Moe's, and they carried lots of things for a small store. I lived in bungalows on Beach 28th and Beach 29th Street. These were the most memorable times of my life. I only wish that I could go back and see and relive these wonderful times. Beach 49thMy family and many of my relatives owned bungalows on Beach 49th and Beach 48th Street. We spent every summer there until the city condemned the properties. My father brought one of the first surfboards there in the early 60s. I have many fond memories of the beach and the friends I made. (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, NYC, Travel & Vacation)
Early Freddy: 1902
... Circa 1902. "Entrance, Sanitarium Park, Alma, Michigan." Baseball boys, a nursemaid, Mr. F. Krueger, an electric (?) runabout! 8x10 ... 
 
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Circa 1902. "Entrance, Sanitarium Park, Alma, Michigan." Baseball boys, a nursemaid, Mr. F. Krueger, an electric (?) runabout! 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size. Freddy Krueger?!?"Mr. F Krueger" LOLOLOLOL!!!! Cut Freddy some slackI've handled a number of those infernal machines in my youth, and I never looked as happy as he does here. A new paradigm at Sanitarium ParkMr. F. Kreuger is thinking, "What if someone put mower blades under that runabout? I could mow this park in no time." This Reminds MeThis brings to mind a machine along the lines of a comment here by Doug Floor Plan, guessing Mr. Kreuger's thoughts. How about steam, not electric, for a mower? I present to you the Coldwell Steam Lawn Mower & Roller (with patent dates in 1901 and 1902): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql4a_KZ8n_8 By the way, I still mow with an old reel mower, but no great ideas from me just yet. Car ID suggestion1902 White Steamer Model B Nightmare in AlmaMaybe Mr. F. Kreuger is thinking, "What if I put these mower blades on a glove?" One LookIf I had to mow all that grass with a manual hand mower, I'd take one look and say, Nope! (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, DPC, Kids, Sports)
Frank Chance: 1910
... in the background. But not in December. Major League baseball in the Tinkers-to-Evers-to-Chance era ended in September, and there ... in December 1910 and January 1911 for American Tobacco Co. baseball card issues, including Gold Borders (T205) and Triple Folders (T202). ... 
 
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Chicago Cubs first baseman Frank Chance. December 16, 1910. View full size. Gelatin silver print by Paul Thompson. Incorrect date?It's unlikely the photos of Evers and Chance (who knows where Tinkers was?) were taken in December. Both ballplayers are in uniforms, such as they were in those days, and they obviously were shot in a ballpark, probably in a dugout, judging from the wood in the background. But not in December. Major League baseball in the Tinkers-to-Evers-to-Chance era ended in September, and there were no winter leagues as there are now. So by December, these guys were back at their regular occupations, working in hardware stores or on the farm or whatever. Judging from their faces, whatever work they did was hard, and it was unlikely they were doing American Express commercials. [Most of these pictures were taken in December 1910 and January 1911 for American Tobacco Co. baseball card issues, including Gold Borders (T205) and Triple Folders (T202). - Dave] Baseball photosThese were part of a set of about two dozen pictures, most of them taken in December 1910 and January 1911, for American Tobacco Co. baseball cards. Still sounds unlikely to meStill sounds unlikely to me, Dave. Maybe the ballpllayers were shot during the season, and the cards issued in December to keep interest alive? In any case, extraordinary photos. Many thanks for posting them. The pictures were shot during the winter (which is why Christy Mathewson is wearing that big sweater) and the cards came out in the spring. If the Library of Congress and the photographer's caption info are to be believed. - Dave] 1911 Spalding GuideThese photos were also used in the 1911 Spalding Guide. (The Gallery, Paul Thompson, Sports)
Hank Aaron: 1934-2021
... Aaron, who faced down racism as he eclipsed Babe Ruth as baseball’s home run king, hitting 755 homers and holding the most celebrated ... 17 and living in an all-female household and not yet a baseball fan, Hank's accomplishment was so celebrated that even those who ... 
 
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September 8, 1955. "Hank Aaron standing in front of his locker with misspelled name in the Milwaukee Braves locker room." Photo by Phillip Harrington for Look magazine. View full size. Hank Aaron, Home Run King Who Defied Racism, Dies at 86         Hank Aaron, who faced down racism as he eclipsed Babe Ruth as baseball’s home run king, hitting 755 homers and holding the most celebrated record in sports for more than 30 years, died today in Atlanta. He was 86. -- New York Times Arron? Really?For the love of Pete. How long did it stay like that? RIPI remember when he hit 714; we lived in Atlanta and although I was only 17 and living in an all-female household and not yet a baseball fan, Hank's accomplishment was so celebrated that even those who weren't paying attention, sat up and took notice. There was such joy in the air. Four years and four months later, when my soon-to-be husband took me on our first date to see the Chicago White Sox defeat the Kansas City Royals 4-0 at old Comiskey Park, and in the ensuing years, he taught me about many of the greats, including Hank Aaron. Now we're die hard Cub fans but we love and have utmost respect for all baseball legends. Rest in Peace, Hank. Henry Was Consistent. Here's how to hit 755 home runs: start early, and end late. Henry hit 37 HRs at age 21, and 40 (in just 120 games) at age 39. His stats are especially impressive for a man who played half his career in the pitching-dominant 1960s. Looking at his stats online, I just noticed something for the first time: Henry received votes for MVP for 19 consecutive years. That must be a record. My first baseball gameAt the first pro baseball game I ever attended, in 1953, Hank Aaron played for the Jacksonville Braves. Aaron hit 22 home runs that season and I believe I saw one of them, though that particular memory might be influenced by the following 23 years. (In this photo he's standing at far right.) Hank?I learned from the NY Times obituary of Aaron that he never liked being called Hank. What an annoyance to have to go through life seeing your name in the headlines with a nickname you can't stand. Arron? Makes you wonder doesn't it.Watched an interview with him, he said breaking the home run record made his life miserable, death threats, kidnapping threats, etc to him and his family. Makes me sick to my stomach thinking about the pain and misery we brought on these magnificent human beings when we should have been lifting them up. Forgive us. My Henry Aaron memoryHad a friend in college here in Houston who hailed from Richmond Va, the home of the Braves’ AAA club. He loved Hank and the Braves. We went to the Astrodome in September of '73 with Hank sitting on 711 dingers. We were lucky enough to see him hit #712 that Saturday night. We went back on Sunday hoping that with some luck he’d hit two and we could at least see him tie Ruth. But he sat that one out. Still a fun memory. We got some sort of little certificate on our way out of the Dome with his photo and "I saw #712". I’ve got in buried in one of my many boxes of memorabilia. I always got a kick out of the fact that he and Al Downing were both wearing my college number (44) when Downing gave up #714. RIP, Henry Aaron A piece of my heartI was in Grade 11 when Aaron hit number 715, and I remember the historical impact of the moment. Thank you, Dave, for the link to the NYT article. It saddened me to read of all the racist crap, and I was moved when Aaron is quoted as having said about all the incidents: “All of these things have put a bad taste in my mouth, and it won’t go away. They carved a piece of my heart away.” He added, in 1994: “Any Black who thinks the same thing can’t happen today is sadly mistaken. It happens now with people in three-piece suits instead of with hoods on.” Move over BabeRest in peace Hammer. Charlie Grim and the boysIn the mid 50s my friends and I would frequently conclude watching a Milwaukee Braves game far outweighed the educational opportunities of Horace Mann Junior High School in West Allis, Wisconsin. The school was only a couple miles from Milwaukee County Stadium, so we could meet our academic responsibilities in the morning, and just not return after lunch. (My older sister was an invaluable resource by providing the note I needed the next day from my mom, justifying the absence.) But the real beauty was we could watch the games free. One of my co-conspirators had learned of a seating area the VA had set up on their property on top of a high steep hill that overlooked right field (Andy Pafko) of the ball park. The seating was provided for residents of the VA facility and we were always welcome to join them. One of us always had a portable radio and we listened to the play-by-play from Earl Gillespie as we watched from high on the hill. Henry Aaron of course was someone we always looked forward to seeing at bat, hoping for a homer with each pitch. Times were good. (LOOK, Milwaukee, Phillip Harrington, Sports)
Slagpile Sluggers: 1940
August 1940. Coaldale, Pennsylvania. "Baseball diamond for children with slagpile in background." Photo by Jack ... our local mine. Optional Equipment No one has a baseball glove. Now That's The Way To Play Baseball ... ... at least if you were a kid like me 10 years after the above ... 
 
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August 1940. Coaldale, Pennsylvania. "Baseball diamond for children with slagpile in background." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size. Shale findsGrowing up, I had relatives in another northeast Pennsylvania town. One had a similar slag pile not far from her home. The shale pieces were a good place to find plant fossils. SlagpileThese piles were a prominent fixture around most “coal patches”, and went by various names; in Southwestern Pennsylvania they were called slate dumps. One could also find good coal among the slate and my childhood “patch” had at least one family of “coal pickers” who made a living picking up coal chunks both on the dump and along the railroad spur that serviced our local mine. Optional EquipmentNo one has a baseball glove. Now That's The Way To Play Baseball ...... at least if you were a kid like me 10 years after the above game and before Little League BB ruined a good afternoon for all kids. We had an empty clay field with no houses or roads within a hard hit ball reach. Two team captains were picked and the bat was tossed to one of them and then the other captain put his hand just above where the first captain grabbed the bat. The captains kept alternating hand positions until the nub was reached and one of the captains could not get his hand around and thus that captain chose second. Rules were very fluid such as any ball hit on the fly to right field or third base was an out depending on the number of players and four fouls you were out. If no one volunteered to be ump players were put on the honor system and made the ball, strike and out calls. That worked most of the time but we had all seen pictures and newsreels of Casey Stengel and Leo Durocher arguing the finer parts of the game so we all had to do our impression of MLB managers now and then. The best part was there were no adults. We worked all details out, had a good time and did not worry if we didn't get a hit for tomorrow was another day and we surely would get the game winning hit then. Little League has its good points I imagine but not the fun without any pressure we had. Everybody played since getting 18 players was tough and so what if you muffed a play or struck out four times it was a grand time. Batter UpAs LaviathanRider noted, no one has a glove. I hope sure hope someone's got a ball. ImagineImagine that that was a pile of marble tailings, and the batter hits an outfield (is that the terminology)? Go find the ball yourself, then. Might be hard enough with a white ball in a grayish blackish slag pile. If the ball is still kind of white in the first place. Another frequent observation, very little body fat in evidence. Fat FreeLean, because the times were mean. And because couch potatoes hadn't been invented yet. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Kids, Mining, Sports)
The Nats: 1922
... that would be last in the National League East) Nice Baseball Picture I love to study the great old baseball pictures. Fun to see a very young Goose Goslin sitting front, ... 
 
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"Washington Ball Club, 1922." View full size. National Photo glass negative. Walter JohnsonThe great pitcher Walter Johnson played for the Senators for his entire 21-year career. I believe he is on the first row, fifth from the right. Johnson had twelve 20-win seasons, including ten in a row. Twice, he topped thirty wins. Johnson's record includes 110 shutouts, still a record. He is second in wins behind Cy Young, with 417. [Walter is standing third from the left. He's also here. - Dave] The NatsWashington -- First in War, First in Peace, and Last in the American League. (Today that would be last in the National League East) Nice Baseball PictureI love to study the great old baseball pictures. Fun to see a very young Goose Goslin sitting front, center. There's the legendary Walter Johnson, content to be an afterthought in the back. I'm trying to figure out the Big 'Un far left. Ballplayers were smallish then, and that huge man just stands out. I'm guessing he is lefty Harry Courtney, but he sure looks bigger than 6'4", given that Walter Johnson is listed at a generous 6'1". [Harry Courtney (top three pics below) is on the right; Walter Johnson (fourth pic) is third from left. - Dave] Bad Season69 wins, 85 losses. Not so hot in 1922....butdidn't they win the AL pennant in 1925 and played in the Series vs. the NY Giants in 1925? (The year Babe Ruth had the "big tummyache.") I think they won the pennant again in 1933, with Bucky Harris the Boy Wonder and Joe Judge (?). In later years, Joe fronted a great bar and seafood restaurant on Long Island. Big'un on the left I believe the big man on the far left is Walter "Slim" McGrew from Yoakum, Texas. While he was big his career was short (three years and 30 innings pitched) all with the 'Nats. Slim McGrewThat is indeed Walter "Slim" McGrew on the far left. He sure McGrew alright; he's the tallest player of his time. He was 6'-7½". Decent minor league pitcher. Didn't get much of a chance in the big leagues. He looks so out-of-place in this picture. They didn't make many 1920's ballplayers like him. Seeing him in this assemblage reminds me of when the great fireballer Herman "The Green Monster" Munster pitched briefly (part of one episode) for the Dodgers. They had to wait two yearsThey won the pennant and World Series in 1924, with the Big Train going 23-7 and winning the MVP. They won the pennant in '25 as well, but lost the series in seven games with an exhausted Johnson left on the hill too long. (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, Sports)
Johnny Evers: 1910
... "Tinker to Evers to Chance." Paul Thompson's baseball portraits The October 2009 issue of Smithsonian magazine has an article by Harry Katz about these marvelous early baseball photos. Very little is known of Paul Thompson. His photos were used ... 
 
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Chicago Cubs second baseman Johnny Evers. December 16, 1910. Gelatin silver print by Paul Thompson. View full size. well, where's Tinker?well, where's Tinker? Tinker to Evers to Chance These are the saddest of possible words: "Tinker to Evers to Chance." Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds, Tinker and Evers and Chance. Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble, Making a Giant hit into a double -- Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble: "Tinker to Evers to Chance." Paul Thompson's baseball portraitsThe October 2009 issue of Smithsonian magazine has an article by Harry Katz about these marvelous early baseball photos. Very little is known of Paul Thompson. His photos were used for the "gold border" baseball cards issued in 1911 by American Tobacco. Even better, more than two dozen of the original closeup photos are preserved in the Library of Congress. Five have made their way to Shorpy so far! (The Gallery, Paul Thompson, Sports)
White Hall Nationals: 1896
... this age. Every town, even tiny ones, were proud of their baseball team at that time. They were a very important part of life in that ... McFarland LaMont "Monte" McFarland has a direct link to baseball's greatest legend of this era. He pitched for Cap Anson's Chicago ... 
 
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White Hall, IL. Top Row (L-R): Jesse Harrison, Best Rose, Judge Bowman (Score Keeper), Charles Cook, Monte McFarland 2nd Row (L-R): William Vermillion, Berry Brooks, Hugh Neece 1st Row (L-R): Harry Vosseller, Charles Stewart (Manager), Charles McFarland Later, Monte McFarland was a member of the Chicago Cubs and Charles McFarland was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. In the season of 1896, the principal rival of this team was the Carrollton team. The last game of the season was the deciding one which would determine the championship. The White Hall Nationals won this game. As a reward, the Manager, Charles Stewart, had this photograph taken and entertained players at the Bob Wasson Restaurant. View full size. 1896 Base-BallThis is the exact way all town teams were posed for pictures in this age. Every town, even tiny ones, were proud of their baseball team at that time. They were a very important part of life in that America. Such teams were extremely popular. Well-paying plum jobs were given to skilled non-locals so they would be attracted to distant teams. Larger towns, of course, had many teams. Games were very well-attended. Chappie McFarland was a very decent big league pitcher. His older brother, Monte, was much less distinguished. A town team that had two big league caliber pitchers was incredibly rare. This was one heck of a ballclub no matter who rounded out the rest of the squad. No subs here. The McFarland brothers took pitching turns, obviously. I am sure they crushed most local opponents. Monte McFarlandLaMont "Monte" McFarland has a direct link to baseball's greatest legend of this era. He pitched for Cap Anson's Chicago Colts. Anson was a spectacular player and manager. He was also widely considered responsible for the unwritten rule banning black players from pro ball. Later Monte managed for a few years in the minor leagues, mostly in Dubuque and Decatur in the old Three I League (Iowa, Indiana and Illinois). He was a baseball lifer but died rather young at age 41 from pneumonia. Having Fun Yet?They don't look like they're being "entertained" - but who cares when you have a cool name like Berry Brooks? I wish I did. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Play Ball: 1912
... by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. Textile Mill Baseball As textile mills moved to the South (primarily North and South Carolina) after the Civil War, nearly every mill had a baseball team. Shoeless Joe Jackson played for a mill team in Greenville, SC. ... 
 
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May 1912. "Some of the boys working in the Saxon Mill. Spartanburg, South Carolina." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. Textile Mill BaseballAs textile mills moved to the South (primarily North and South Carolina) after the Civil War, nearly every mill had a baseball team. Shoeless Joe Jackson played for a mill team in Greenville, SC. Anyone Googling "textile mill baseball" will be taken aback at the number of "hits" that will be found. Ty Cobb fan.The boy right front wears his shirt just as Cobb wore his, collar up, top buttoned. Cotton LungByssinosis, or, "Brown Lung Disease"... I wonder how many of these kids (and the other lint-covered millworker urchins pictured on Shorpy) died from it. (The Gallery, Kids, Lewis Hine)
Bloomer Girl: 1918
"H. Kaczmarek, woman baseball player." Her teammates included Belle North and Regina Gross. 5x7 ... huge leather butterfly net. There's No Crying In Baseball It appears the "League of Their Own" girls weren't quite the ... 
 
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"H. Kaczmarek, woman baseball player." Her teammates included Belle North and Regina Gross. 5x7 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size. Let's Play CatchI really like the old, short fingered gloves. You actually needed skill to catch the ball. Nowadays players just swat at the ball with a huge leather butterfly net. There's No Crying In BaseballIt appears the "League of Their Own" girls weren't quite the trailblazers we thought. "Lots of night games"Wasn't that the recommendation? Storage SpaceOne could store lots of extra balls in those voluminous bloomers. Men in BloomersTake a look at these guys in bloomers. Caption this photo"I've got it !" (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, NYC, Sports)
Ye Olde Gasolene Shoppe: 1908
... in the background. View Larger Map Baseball players or hoods? Wonder what the two lads on the right are up to? Heading for for baseball practice or a shakedown? They look kind of hinky to me. Watch your ... 
 
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Circa 1908. "Littleton, New Hampshire -- Main Street." Our third look at this bustling burg. Note the sign advertising AUTOMOBILE GASOLENE. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Wrapped power poleI assume the wire rope wrapped around the pole is to keep the horses from eating it. Still thereUnfortunately most of the Main Street view is blocked by glare from the sun but you can at least see the building in the background. View Larger Map Baseball players or hoods?Wonder what the two lads on the right are up to? Heading for for baseball practice or a shakedown? They look kind of hinky to me. Watch your stepCars using "gasolene" may be the next new thing, but a glance at the roadway is clear evidence that horses are still very much in use. And I'm not talking about hoofprints. Restrained droppingsThose are dainty road apples despite their number. Perhaps the shopping ladies’ horses in New Hampshire lunched on petit fours and macaroons? Not So Hinky Guys One of the men is carrying his tool of ignorance glove (aka catcher's mitt) and the other man, possibly his battery mate, could easily stick his glove in his back pocket while heading to the park to play a kegger ball game. After that they might have gotten hinky. (The Gallery, DPC, Small Towns, Stores & Markets)
Duluthorama: 1905
... being photographed, so they went inside. No Trackside Baseball The other photos in the "daily dose of Duluth" series seem to have ... 
 
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Circa 1905. "Duluth, Minnesota." Another view from the Zenith City panoramic series. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. View full size. Camera shy.Duluthians heard they were being photographed, so they went inside. No Trackside BaseballThe other photos in the "daily dose of Duluth" series seem to have more people visible. I only see four people in this shot. Maybe it has something to do with the time of day. Great backdropfor a model train. Great pic! Duluth in the winterThis is actually a nice shot to follow the icy accident photo. In the winter Duluth's steep hills and purposely unplowed side streets re-create the preceding photo many times over each year. Driving in this city during the winter months builds nerves 00 nothing like sliding down a slick road with the icy vastness of Lake Superior below. No-one outFinlanders don't like their picture taken! (The Gallery, DPC, Duluth, Railroads)
Pale Driver: 1941
... area and am also wondering exactly where this is! Baseball and trailers The trailer park used to sit just south of the ... 
 
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January 1941. "Guest at Sarasota, Florida, trailer park washing his car." This would be Mr. White from Virginia. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size. Bright and shiny!And the car is, too. I wonder just *where* in Sarasota? Our family used to vacation there 2-3x a year. Also, love the power lines nailed to a live palm tree! ChevroletFrom this angle it's hard to tell, but my best guess is that this is a 1940 or 41 Chevrolet two door sedan. [1940. -tterrace] Mr. White from West VirginiaMr. White is trying to make it look like he is from Virginia, but his license plate gives his West Virginia origins away. He is driving a 1940 Chevrolet Special Deluxe Town Sedan. The small parking lights next to the headlights were a one year only feature. Clothes make the manFrom a quick glance at the thumbnail, I thought this was a photo of a nudist camp. Mr. White needs a pair of dark shorts. Neat!I live in the Sarasota area and am also wondering exactly where this is! Baseball and trailersThe trailer park used to sit just south of the Sarasota Courthouse off US 301 in Sarasota. It was on the same grounds as Payne Park, spring training home of I believe, the Boston Red Sox at the time. I went to a game there in the mid-'80s before it was torn down and replaced by Ed Smith Stadium several miles away. The trailer park evolved into a mobile home park at some point and was forced to close by the city over a dispute about land use. It is now a park with tennis courts, skate park and running trails. Here is a link about the photographer and her work in Sarasota. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Florida, M.P. Wolcott)
A League of Her Own: 1952
... View Women like my mom (born 1921) were raised on baseball just like the men. I remember my mom playing with other moms from my ... see women of that generation keeping score. Sunday Baseball Sept. 7, 1952 was a Sunday. Suits and ties and dresses for the ... 
 
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"7 Sept 1952 -- Picnic at Austin -- Clifford's wife -- Ivan (catcher)." Inkstamp: "B.E. [Blue Earth] Valley Camera Club - 3rd Place." The latest episode of "Minnesota Kodachromes." 35mm Kodachrome by Hubert Tuttle. View full size. WowIf that photo was taken on September 20, it coincides exactly with the moment I was born. I hope she hit a home run. [As noted in the caption, the photo was taken on September 7. - Dave] Winner!Based on the rest of the images in this series, I bet Hubert won many other prizes at the BEVCC. Typical '50s ViewWomen like my mom (born 1921) were raised on baseball just like the men. I remember my mom playing with other moms from my Little League in the late '50s. Not softball but hardball. While they are fewer and fewer go to any game and you will see women of that generation keeping score. Sunday BaseballSept. 7, 1952 was a Sunday. Suits and ties and dresses for the ladies were normal “Sunday clothes” for the times. (Minnesota Kodachromes, Sports)
Iowa City: 1940
... W.P. Kinsella wrote a fantasy novel called " The Iowa Baseball Conspiracy." What famous landmark played outfield exceptionally well? ... 
 
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February 1940: The main street in Iowa City, Iowa. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. Iowa CityI'm not sure, but this may be East Washington Street again, facing the opposite direction from the earlier photo that included the Englert Theater. The buildings in the background behind the trees are part of the U. Of Iowa campus at South Clinton Street. (There will be a quiz on Iowa City geography and landmarks tomorrow.) 300 block of Washington St.occnumber10: You could be right. My mental map of Iowa City has faded with time, and for the life of me I can't remember what's across Washington from Gabe's other than the old Press-Citizen Building that's just out of view to the right. If this is Washington at Gilbert, what are the big buildings behind the trees? Iowa CityI'm curious where this is as there is currently no Main Street in Iowa City. Perchance it is what is now College Street? [Could be. Maybe he was using the term generically. Actually he didn't capitalize the "street." I've changed the caption to reflect that. - Dave] WeatherRather narsty weather that day! 300 block of Washington StreetSome research suggests that this is the 300 block of East Washington Street--facing east with South Gilbert Street as the visible cross street. http://downtowniowacity.com/files/historic_downtown.pdf Boerner's seems to be where Gabe's/The Picador now sits. 3) Ridge Road?As a former/current part time cab driver, I'll start with number three. Ridge Road would make the most sense, as you can access it via the relative high ground of Whiting Avenue. Iowa City100 block of East Washington Street, facing west. I scoped this out downtown today, and scribe's first call seems to be right. The university building in the background would be Schaeffer Hall. Basically this shot is 180 degrees from the one posted earlier. I'm looking forward to the quiz on IC landmarks! Ridge RoadYep, Ridge and Whiting, plus a lot of zigging and zagging on streets I've forgotten. It felt like one had to go five miles to travel those four blocks, or half way to West Branch. Iowa, Illinois and Missouri got pummeled by Mother Nature that summer. It was quite impressive, to say the least. I remember seeing a contemporary satellite image showing ground saturation, and the entire state of Iowa was indistinguishable from a lake or ocean. Iowa City quizOw! I just got hurt patting myself on the back. ;) Just kidding on the landmarks and geography quiz, but what the heck: 1) Besides "Field of Dreams," Iowa City author W.P. Kinsella wrote a fantasy novel called " The Iowa Baseball Conspiracy." What famous landmark played outfield exceptionally well? 2) In 1927 and 1929 an Iowa graduate was the only black player in the NFL? A U of I building is named after him. Who was he? 3) It's 1993 and much of the town is under water because the Iowa River flooded for several months. N. Dubuque St. from Park Rd. to Mayflower Residence Hall was closed. How would one drive the four blocks from Park to the apartments at 1122 N. Dubuque (adjacent to Mayflower). Warning: this is nearly a "you can't get there from here" question. Have fun. Iowa City locationThis is Washington Street, camera facing west at the intersection with Clinton Street. The building behind the elm trees is Shaeffer Hall -- the SW corner of the University of Iowa's Pentacrest. Behind Shaeffer is McLean Hall. I've lived in Iowa City for 49 years, and I work at the University. Cheers [Thanks! You what would be great? A current photo taken from the same spot. - Dave] Current pic upcomingI'll do that Dave, Thursday morning! - Jeff [Thanks Jeff! - Dave] 67 years laterHere's a pic of the same location taken 12/20/07. [Wow. Amazing. Thanks so much! - Dave] +83Below is the same view from May of 2023. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Cars, Trucks, Buses)
Ballpark Figure: 1919
Washington, D.C. October 10, 1919. "Girls' baseball." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass ... [I thought Patty Duke. - Dave] Baseball Girl I don't think I've ever seen someone look so happy in a photo ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/10/2012 - 8:36pm -

Washington, D.C. October 10, 1919. "Girls' baseball." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. Strange ResemblanceShe bears a striking resemblance to Mike Myers. Odd. [I thought Patty Duke. - Dave] Baseball GirlI don't think I've ever seen someone look so happy in a photo that old before. Patty or Mike......she looks like a LOT of fun. Bet she could knock 'em out of the park! (Great title once again, Dave.) (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, Sports)
White Dome: 1925
... National Photo Company Collection glass negative. The Baseball Leagues Washington Post, Jul 25, 1920 Barber and Ross ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 6:41pm -

Another view of the Capitol Refining plant, "Home of White Dome Shortening," just outside Washington circa 1925. Note the Capitol "dome" atop the building. View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. The Baseball Leagues Washington Post, Jul 25, 1920 Barber and Ross Wins The Barber and Ross team yesterday defeated the team representing the Capitol Refining Company by the score of 10 to 4. The game was featured by hard hitting of the Barber and Ross club. The HorrorGiant ameboas attacked many Washington, DC area landmarks today and mysterious mold grew in many locations. Panic set in as streetcars rolled over and cars plunged from bridges. Spokeman Shorpy Higginbotham stated, "Golly gee, folks, It's just negative damage." Sales of Atwater Kent radios shot through the roof and area movie places were packed as the populace attempted to keep up with events. Rumors that the Army will be deployed to city streets have yet to be confirmed. Boo.Also note the ectoplasm encircling the building. Naval Radio StationThe two radio towers seen on the hill mid left of the photo are two of the three towers at Navy Radio Station Arlington, call sign NAA. I believe the mold has obliterated the third tower. This station played an important role in the early days of radio communications. A brief summary can be found here. (The Gallery, D.C., Factories, Natl Photo)
Double Major: 1913
... the stars fell on". Rather than football, Bradley was a baseball star at West Point. Mystery Objects Does anyone recognize the ... General Bradley Gets my vote. Football and baseball Omar Bradley was on the 1912 Army football team (along with Dwight ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/19/2012 - 5:37pm -

New York, November 25, 1913. "Mullins & Sullivan." West Point football players Charles Love Mullins Jr. and Joseph Pescia Sullivan, future major generals from the Class of 1917. 5x7 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size. I'm Sure It's BradleyI'd bet dollars to donuts the cadet on the right is indeed Omar Bradley. Compare this (apparently earlier) picture of Gen. Bradley at West Point, noting especially his lips and left eyebrow. Happy BirthdayHappy Birthday to the most interesting site on the web, one day the Beaver and Ward pop up then later the girl with the dice (what dice?) How can you forget the floating woman or tterrace's life? Dave you picked a good day to start because we all love Shorpy!! Final Resting PlaceMajor General Charles Love Mullins Jr., U.S. www.arlingtoncemetery.net/clmullinsjr.htm Those uniformsI guess the leather 'helmet' was to keep those belt buckles from accidentally injuring someone! GraffitiI was able to use my super secret Homeland Security software to decipher the graffiti on the wall behind the guys: "Kaiser Wilhelm sucks!" Bradley?When I first saw this I thought it was Omar Bradley (class of '15 and future General of the Army) on the right. The class of '15 produced 59 generals and was known as "the class the stars fell on". Rather than football, Bradley was a baseball star at West Point. Mystery ObjectsDoes anyone recognize the objects sitting against the wall in the background? I might guess it's some kind of photographic equipment, but it appears to be significantly bigger than my old Brownie camera. [A holder for the 5x7 glass photographic plates used in the camera that took this photo, plus a carrying case for same. - tterrace] R U Sure???That sure looks like Omar Bradley to me on the right. He was in the class of 1915, "The class the stars rained down on". I also wonder if freshmen played on the varsity football team back then, because if these guys are class of '17, they would have been freshmen in Nov. 1913. UniformityYou figure that out of all the schools out there, West Point would be the one to give their players matching uniforms. Generals MillWest Point turned out a lot of them, and here are some later pictures of the two young future Generals. General Charles L. Mullins (at left in 1913) with one of his charges in the Philippines in 1943, and (at right in 1913) Major General Joseph P. Sullivan at the Stork Club in Manhattan about 1954 (he and his wife on the left with his good friend General Mark Clark, President of the Citadel in South Carolina, on the right, with his wife). General BradleyGets my vote. Football and baseballOmar Bradley was on the 1912 Army football team (along with Dwight Eisenhower), so there's no bar to him being on the 1913 team. You've Won Me OverI've got to admit that the proof is in the pictures. In comparison, the known picture of Sullivan from 1954 does not hold a candle to all the older known pictures of Bradley. That would make Bradley 20 years old at the time of the picture. There is also a very small picture of the team in uniform and Bradley's seems similar to the one above. Here are a couple of Omar Bradley pics, from high school in 1910 and later as a General. They sure seem like the same face as above. Bradley Indeed!A photo of General Joseph P. Sullivan. The cadet on the right has to be Omar Bradley. Furthermore, General Sullivan closely resembles the football player on the left. (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, Sports)
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