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Wrecking ball taking down the bleachers at League Park, 1964
Wrecking ball taking down the bleachers at League Park, 1964
Identifierleague045
TitleWrecking ball taking down the bleachers at League Park, 1964
SubjectLeague Park
Stadiums
DescriptionLeague Park is located at E. 66th. and Lexington Ave in Cleveland. Built in the late 1800s, the ballpark was the site of numerous historic sports moments, including Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller's first game (1936), the first unassisted triple play, and first grand slam in World Series history (1920 series). Many famous baseball players appeared and played in games at the park, including Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Satchel Paige and Lou Gehrig. The park, now a playground, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
CreatorKnipper, Clayton
Location DepictedCleveland (Ohio)
Time PeriodDecline and Comeback: 1960-1990
Date Original1964
Object Typeblack-and-white photographs
Size of Original7x9 in.
CollectionCleveland Press
Collection Homepagehttp://www.clevelandmemory.org/press/
DonorCole, Joseph E.
Copyrighthttp://www.clevelandmemory.org/copyright/
Formatjpeg
RepositoryCleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
Repository Homepagehttp://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/
Digital PublisherCleveland Memory Project
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Entryhttp://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=LP
Further Readinghttp://scholar.csuohio.edu/search/d?SEARCH=baseball+fields+.ohio
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