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Ball grounds, Monte Carlo (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

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• Retired at last said:

  That looks like a football field (soccer for those of you in the US) What can be seen of the field markings and goal posts look right for football.

• Ryan (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks for your research. Looks as though the only connection is Viscount de la Panouse's position as President of the Sporting Club of Monte Carlo.

• Art Siegel said:

  This photo ran in The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.), February 11, 1917 with the caption: "Baseball Field, Monte Carlo, Beautiful Monte Carlo is to have another game than those that have made It famous, and it is just plain American baseball. However, the grand old game will have an entirely new setting on grounds that lie within sight of the famous casino, where fortunes are won and lost, mostly lost. The capital of the little state of Monaco, which nestles between France and Italy on the Mediterranean, will be in the new league of Southern France to be established after the war." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1917-02-11/ed-1/se...

• Jon (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks Art Siegel, we'll update the catalog record.