ca.1920
1,920 produced. Printed on heavy duty acid free paper.
The League Park print
is unframed. It's a signed limited edition of 1,920 (the same year as the date
depicted). It's $45.00 plus $8.00 shipping. the entire poster size is 20 3/4"x32
1/4" with the actual image size being 15 3/4"x271/4". It is outlined by a couple
rules and has the title "Leage Park" E.66th and Lexington Ave. Cleveland, Ohio
beneath it. Printed on heavy duty acid free paper.
The
black border is a visual device used to offset the print. The print extends
only to the edge of the white.
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Originally constructed
of wood in 1891, the concrete and steel version of the park is seen in the painting.
The ticket office in the foreground was built in 1909 with the rest of the park
following in 1910. The year is 1920 and the Tribe is in the thick of a pennant
race with the Yankees and White Sox. Ticket prices reflect a war tax still in
effect from World War I. The large gray structure behind the ticket office is
the right field pavilion. Its exterior is plaster with horsehair used as a binder.
This was later covered with wood and painted green. The trolley cars are of
the 1100 series, built by the Kuhlman Car Co. of Cleveland, and are the appropriate
color scheme of the era. The westbound Payne trolley is a trailer train, which
drew all its power from the lead car, an arrangement unique to Cleveland. Near
game's end, a long line of trailer trains would form along a siding running
the length of the right field wall, waiting for fans to let out. Practicing
players would sometimes toss a ball over the fence so that some lucky youngster
could return it for free admission to the game.
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