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British Library digitised image from page 8 of "Journal of a Ten Months' Residence in New Zealand"

[Chief Meyers, New York, NL (baseball)] (LOC)

  • Art Siegel said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Meyers
  • Giddy Badge said:
    I wonder what ballpark that is.
  • Art Siegel said:
    hard to say.. Is that the home or road uniform? I think the Giants played in the Polo Grounds then, but there was some kind of fire and they played in Hilltop Park nearby for part of that era. Then of course, it could be at any road stadium.
  • Robert Carrier said:
    Amazing photo. Historic baseball is so damn romantic.
  • mf52dolphin said:
    This looks like batting practice picture taken at the Polo Grounds. The stadium structure burned on April 14, 1911. However it was fortunate that the outfield seats were a seperate structure so they survived. Enough of the horshoe shaped foul-line to foul-line, including the full lower deck, had been rebuilt by June 28, 1911, and games resumed there on that date. The upper deck was still being constructed, but was ready for crowds by the start of the World Series (October 14, 1911 that year).

Long Time Sleep - Indian (LOC)

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  • Richard Norton said:
    INDIAN TO DRIVE IN TOUR.

    Long Time Sleep, a wealthy Indian of the Glacier Park reservation, Montana, joined the American Automobile Association at a ...

    Source: New York Times; May 4, 1913, Sunday query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B0DE4D8173FE6...

    I will transcribe the full text and post the article to Flickr later so they can sit side by side.
  • Quay Bell said:
    YAY!!!!!!!!!!~~Thank you bunches for this one!~
  • Michael Matischuk said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called People People People, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Art Siegel said:
    "He is of the Peigan Nation", according to the NYT article above. Piegan being a part of the Blackfoot or Blackfeet Nation in Montana.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piegan_Blackfeet
  • Bambi Slayer said:
    He was a native american of the Flathead Nation of Montana also known as Nick Lassa here is his wiki pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Lassa