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[Washington Park, Brooklyn - flag-raising, 4/10/15 (baseball)] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Michael Bates said:
    This must be the Federal League, 1915.
  • Art Siegel said:
    Yes. the Brooklyn Federals new park, according to the caption above. Here is the park's Wikipedia entry: "Washington Park #3 Washington Park's scoreboard stood on "legs," visible in this photo. The legs were in play, so center fielders had to run under the scoreboard to retrieve baseballs. The Brooklyn Tip-Tops or "BrookFeds" of the Federal League, the only major league team ever named for a loaf of bread, acquired the ballpark property in 1914, then rebuilt the second Washington Park in steel and concrete. The old park took on a modern appearance; in fact, it was nearly a duplicate of the initial version of another Federal League park in Chicago that would become Wrigley Field. However, with the Dodgers in a new and somewhat more spacious steel-and-concrete home already, Ebbets Field, there was no long-term need for Washington Park, so it was abandoned for the final time after the Federal League ended its two-year run." Part of the wall of the last Washington Park still exists on the eastern side of 3rd Avenue in what's now a Con Edison yard. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Park_(baseball)
  • JE Piper said:
    Yes, that wall that you see in the background is still standing and recognizable.
  • In Memoriam P. Wayne Nalbandian said:
    Cool to know part of that park remains. Sadly Ebbets Field is long gone, but Wrigley and Fenway Park will be around for some time to come. If the Brooklyn Federals had a awkward nickname, they were trumped by their brethren in Buffalo who went by the nickname Buffeds (for Buffalo Federals - catchy).
  • JE Piper said:
    Click here for a history of this outfield wall and the ballpark.

[Federal League Park (Washington Park), Brooklyn (baseball)] (LOC)

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[William J. Bradley, Toronto (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • mlfeatherston said:
    Great portrait and example of "public domain".
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    Bill Bradley, (William Joseph Bradley), (1878-1954) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Bradley began his baseball career at the age of 19, in 1897, with the Burlington Colts. He played for the Chicago Orphans, and for 10 years in Cleveland (1901-1910). At the time of this photo he played three seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs (1911-13). He retired after one season with Brooklyn and one season with the Kansas City Packers. "Bill Bradley was recognized as one of the best third basemen in baseball prior to 1950, along with Jimmy Collins and Pie Traynor. He led American League third basemen in fielding four times, setting a league record of seven putouts in one game in both 1901 and 1909." — [1] [2]