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Negro League Baseball
A photo of the crowd at Schorling's baseball park, home of Rube Foster's American Giants, on Chicago’s South Side, 1925.

A photo of the crowd at Schorling's baseball park, home of Rube Foster's American Giants, on Chicago’s South Side, 1925.

Citation Information
Taitt, John, “A crowd at Schorling's baseball park enjoying the national pastime,” Digital Public Library of America, http://dp.la/item/782ae237741d52c39262a3150fa385ce.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of The New York Public Library.
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Item 1 of 15 in the Primary Source Set Negro League Baseball

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