Echoes of baseball history from long-gone Shibe Park

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Echoes of baseball history from long-gone Shibe Park

A series of images from the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue documenting the city's baseball history through the story of Shibe Park, demolished 40 years ago this summer. Part of HSP's weekly series, Memory Stream.

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April 1943 photograph of Danny Litwhiler of the Philadelphia Phillies scoring a run against Philadelphia Athletics catcher Bob Swift in Shibe Park. From the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue [V07].

Aerial view of Shibe Park, later known as Connie Mack stadium, onetime home to Philadelphia's Athletics and Phillies. From the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue [V07].

The Yankees and Athletics face off on Opening Day 1946 in Shibe Park.From the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue [V07].

Spectators waiting outside of Shibe Park at 21st and Lehigh Streets 90 minutes before game time c. 1946. From the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue [V07].

The Philadelphia Phillies take to the field on Opening Day 1942 in Shibe Park. From the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue [V07].

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