Object Details
- thru person
- Rinsland, George
- Associated Name
- Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
- Chicago Cubs
- Tichnor Bros.
- Description
- Chicago’s Wrigley Field, built in 1914, was originally named “Weegham Park” after Charles Weegham, owner of the Federal League Baseball Franchise the “Chi-Feds” (later known as the “Chicago Whales”). With the club’s folding in 1915, the North Side stadium was occupied by the city’s National League Franchise, the Chicago Cubs, who remain its primary resident.
- After a short period of being known as “Cubs Park” the Stadium was renamed after Cub’s owner, and chewing gum tycoon, William Wrigley Jr. in 1926. It is second only to Boston’s Fenway Park (1912) in being Major Leage Baseball's oldest stadium. It was designated a U.S. Historic Landmark in 2020.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1935-1950
- ID Number
- CL.310547.103D
- accession number
- 310547
- catalog number
- 310547.103D
- Object Name
- Postcard
- postcard, baseball
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 7 in; 10.16 cm x 17.78 cm
- depicted
- United States: Illinois, Chicago, Wrigley Field
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Baseball
- Stadiums
- web subject
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmah_1064423
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-07d8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
