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520 viewsA slightly blurry still from a movie shot by Thomas Edison of a baseball game between the Newark Colts & the Reading Coal Heavers in 1898. It was most likely shot at Wiedenmayer Park which became Ruppert Stadium in 1932. The movie was found on the LOC site by Gonzalo Alberto.
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519 viewsPhoto from Gonzalo Alberto
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519 viewsPhoto from "New Jersey; Life, Industries and Resources of a Great State:1926"
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Larry Doby515 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

Photos from Richard La Rovere
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515 viewsPhoto from Gonzalo Alberto
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Stateline513 viewsLooks like the backstretch near the clubhouse turn.
Photo from Mary Lou Dondarski
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513 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

Photos from Richard La Rovere
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May 11, 1919511 views
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510 viewsPhoto from Gonzalo Alberto
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Max Manning509 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

Photos from Richard La Rovere
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Jeannette, Joe507 views
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Fire507 viewsSeptember 12, 1915
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506 viewsPhoto from Gonzalo Alberto
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1953505 viewsAfter the Newark Board of Education purchased it for the use of the Newark Schools

Photo from the Newark Municipal Yearbook 1953
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504 viewsPhoto from Gonzalo Alberto
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503 viewsPhoto from Gonzalo Alberto
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503 viewsFrom “Library of Congress”
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503 viewsPhoto from NNJM
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Price & Tenney Prefer Baseball Park in Newark501 views1916
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500 viewsPhoto from Gonzalo Alberto
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May 18, 1919500 views
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1942499 views
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498 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

Photos from Richard La Rovere
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Lafayette Street at Columbia Street, looking towards Mulberry Street495 viewsPhoto from Dan Silva.
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494 viewsBlack & White
Postcard
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Leon Day493 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

Photos from Richard La Rovere
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493 viewsPhoto from Karen Thomas Serecka
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Pacifics Play Sailors491 viewsApril 28, 1912
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December 7, 1923 Part 2490 viewsFrom the Newark Evening News
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490 viewsPostcard
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Bankrupt489 viewsFrom Gonzalo Alberto
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In front of the grandstand488 viewsPhoto from Mary Lou Dondarski
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488 viewsFrom “Library of Congress”
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Field Inspection Trims Piece Work Checkers488 viewsPhoto from Speed-Up Vol 3 No 23 June 1920
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Postcard487 viewsImage from Michael Marino
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485 viewsPhoto from Gonzalo Alberto
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1892 Map485 views
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Happy the Great484 views
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