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Ray Dandridge586 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.
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553 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.
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551 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.
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543 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.
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541 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.
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Price & Tenney Prefer Baseball Park in Newark540 views1916
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1940s531 views
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Larry Doby519 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.
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Monte Irvin515 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.
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1953513 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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510 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.
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507 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.
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507 viewsPhoto from the LOC
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Max Manning504 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.
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May 25, 1919504 views
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501 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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496 viewsFrom Gonzalo Alberto
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Leon Day489 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.
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1925485 viewsPhoto from the Newark Public Library
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McTighe Obtains Show Cause Order476 viewsFrom the Newark Evening News
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1926 Map475 views
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Scudder Home Expos #1469 views
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469 viewsPhoto from Hammond Maps
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466 viewsPostcard
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Possibly the "Peppers"466 views
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Captain463 views
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May 18, 1919462 views
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458 viewsPhoto from Speed-Up Vol 3 No 23 June 1920
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1911 Map458 views
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1889 Map458 views
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May 11, 1919458 views
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1937458 viewsThe Newark Bears let off steam before going to the showers, after having defeated the Columbus Red Birds, American Association Champions, 10-4, to win the Little World Series at Columbus, Ohio, October 7th, 1937. The Bears came from behind, winning four straight, after the Red Birds had defeated them in the first three.
Photo from Bettmann
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Willie Wells457 viewsWillie Wells of the Newark Eagles poses with his bat for portrait. Willie James Wells became famous as the player-manager of the Newark Eagles in the 1940s. His Negro League career spanned two decades playing for many teams including the St. Louis Stars, Detroit Wolves, Homestead Grays, Chicago American Giants, Cole's American Giants, New York Black Yankees, Baltimore Elite Giants, Indianapolis Clowns and Memphis Red Sox from 1925-1948.
Photo by National Baseball Hall of Fame
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1926456 viewsConstruction of the stadium using the same footprint, but expanded, from Wiedenmayer's Park
Photo from the Newark Public Library
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1927 Map455 views
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1926455 viewsConstruction of the stadium using the same footprint, but expanded, from Wiedenmayer's Park
Photo from the Newark Public Library
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