Charles A. Comiskey
Commy: the life story of Charles A. Comiskey, the "Grand old Roman" of baseball and for nineteen years president and owner of the American league baseball team "The White Sox."
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Title | Charles A. Comiskey |
Description | Caption: "The Old Roman ready for a hike in the northern woods (1917)." From text: "Wherever the Sox go, at trainload of camp followers are certain to be on the trail. Many found it inconvenient to go in the spring. For these 'Commy' instituted the annual fall hegiras to the northern woods. Prominent men in all walks of life and from different sections of the country have been guests of Comiskey at Springstead and Mercer, Wisconsin." |
Date | 1917 |
Type | Photograph |
File Name | commylifestoryof00axel_raw_0078.jp2 |
Source Page | http://www.archive.org/stream/commylifestoryof00axel#page/n77/mode/2up |
Link to the Full-Text | http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:commylifestoryof00axel |
Subject | Baseball |
Coverage-Spatial | Wisconsin |
Coverage-Temporal | 1910-1919 |
Publisher | |
Rights | No Copyright - United States |
Rights Description | Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu. |
Book Title | Commy: the life story of Charles A. Comiskey, the "Grand old Roman" of baseball and for nineteen years president and owner of the American league baseball team "The White Sox." |
Author of the Book | Axelson, Gustaf W. |
Collection Title | Picture Chicago |
Collection | Picture Chicago |
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