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Baseball fields

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Ballparks and Stadiums collection

 Collection
Identifier: BA MSS 243
Abstract

A collection of various documents relating directly to a ballpark. Documents such as correspondence, seating capacity, blueprints, ground rules, and ticket prices.

Dates: 1870-1964

Cincinnati Reds Ballpark Construction records

 Collection
Identifier: BA MSS 025
Scope and Contents

A four volume set of consolidated architectural drawings related to the construction of the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio. Volume 1 contains the index to all four volumes, general information, graphics, interior design, and architectural plans. Volumes 2 and 3 contain architectural plans and volume 4 has structural plans, site development, general information, and survey plans. The four oversized drawings consist of two ballpark axonometric views and two building elevations.

Dates: 2000-2003

George Burke and George Brace photographic materials

 Collection
Identifier: BA PHT 021
Abstract

The collection documents the baseball photography career of George Burke and possibly his assistant, George Brace, between 1929 and 1951. It primarily includes portraits of players and managers as they passed through Chicago baseball stadiums like Comiskey Park and Wrigley Field, and many people are documented at various points throughout their entire Major League careers.

Dates: 1929-1951, undated

Lighting Crosley Field collection

 Collection
Identifier: BA MSS 019
Abstract

Records of the Cincinnati National League Ball Club related to the lighting of Crosley Field. The collection consist of proposals from General Electric, Westinghouse, and Giant Manufacturing Company for lighting the field.

Dates: 1934-1959