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Comiskey and White Sox spring training train
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
Comiskey and White Sox spring training train
Description
  • at the left is 'Big Ed' Walsh. The sign on the observation car advertises the 'cargo' and its destination. These specials were renowned not only for the luxuriousness of their fittings, but also for the sumptuous assortment of food and drink provided by the Old Roman. The dispatchers ran the trains on special schedules which permitted the travellers to 'visit' on the way."
  • Caption: "Charles A. Comiskey has the distinction of being the first club-owner to use special trains to carry his players across the country. In this wintry picture, "Commy" is shown standing in the snow in Chicago just before the White Sox palace-on-wheels left on the spring training trip. Standing to the right of the Old Roman is James J. Callahan
Date
1919  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
commylifestoryof00axel_raw_0255.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/commylifestoryof00axel#page/224/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:commylifestoryof00axel
Subject
  • Railroads  
  • Baseball  
Coverage-Spatial
Chicago (Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1910-1919  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
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
TitleComiskey and White Sox spring training train
Description
  • at the left is 'Big Ed' Walsh. The sign on the observation car advertises the 'cargo' and its destination. These specials were renowned not only for the luxuriousness of their fittings, but also for the sumptuous assortment of food and drink provided by the Old Roman. The dispatchers ran the trains on special schedules which permitted the travellers to 'visit' on the way."
  • Caption: "Charles A. Comiskey has the distinction of being the first club-owner to use special trains to carry his players across the country. In this wintry picture, "Commy" is shown standing in the snow in Chicago just before the White Sox palace-on-wheels left on the spring training trip. Standing to the right of the Old Roman is James J. Callahan
Date1919  
TypePhotograph  
File Namecommylifestoryof00axel_raw_0255.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/commylifestoryof00axel#page/224/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:commylifestoryof00axel
Subject
  • Railroads  
  • Baseball  
Coverage-SpatialChicago (Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1910-1919  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionImages 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 TitleCommy: 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 BookAxelson, Gustaf W.  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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