1915 Toronto Island/Hanlan's Point Stadium Opening Day photos
Picked up these on EBay last week. Great addition for my Toronto baseball collection. 3 images of "Opening of Baseball Season - Toronto Island Stadium - 1915 and 2 pics from "Sports Day Island Stadium".
The stadium was originally built on the site in 1897 and twice destroyed by fire and rebuilt (1903 and 1909). This 17,000 seat version of the ballpark opened in 1910 and the International League's Leafs defeated the Baltimore Orioles to open the season on May 9, 1910. The stadium played host to Babe Ruth's first pro home run on Sept 5, 1914; mere months before the images were captured. Can anyone point me to a site that would indicate the date of the 1915 season opening contest, the visiting team and perhaps the score? Thanks! http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/...ps227a232d.jpg http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1392242b.jpg |
Those are really nice photos. Sorry I cannot help, but would like to find some from Minneapolis like that
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Nice!
I'm suspecting newspaper archives will be your best bet. Rob M. |
This is probably your best bet. Not free but 110 years of Toronto news.
http://www.pagesofthepast.ca |
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Cool pics! I also collect Toronto Baseball History Memoribilia. I just started so my collection only consists of a few postcards of the old Hanlans Island Stadium lol.
The city of Toronto Archives has some great picture of baseball in the past if you search http://gencat.eloquent-systems.com/toronto.html |
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http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/...psff8f36c8.jpg For fun, I dug up the report of the Babe's first prof HR game from Sept 5, 1914 (as reported on Sept 7). It includes mention of Ruth's mastery on the mound and that Boston was ponying up bucks for him, but not his dinger. http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0e224fb8.jpg |
Awesome link MooseDog! Also great photos Chris!
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