Wrigley Field in Chicago
date: label: date made
content: ca 1935-1950
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: Associated Name
content: Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
label: Associated Name
content: Chicago Cubs
label: maker
content: Tichnor Bros.
notes: label: Description
content: Chicago’s Wrigley Field, built in 1914, was originally named “Weegham Park” after Charles Weegham, owner of the Federal League Baseball Franchise the “Chi-Feds” (later known as the “Chicago Whales”). With the club’s folding in 1915, the North Side stadium was occupied by the city’s National League Franchise, the Chicago Cubs, who remain its primary resident.
label: Description
content: After a short period of being known as “Cubs Park” the Stadium was renamed after Cub’s owner, and chewing gum tycoon, William Wrigley Jr. in 1926. It is second only to Boston’s Fenway Park (1912) in being Major Leage Baseball's oldest stadium. It was designated a U.S. Historic Landmark in 2020.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago, Wrigley Field
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: Subject
content: Stadiums
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.103D
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.103D
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Postcard
label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 7 in; 10.16 cm x 17.78 cm