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| Title | Opening day of the baseball season, April 24, 1917 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1917 |
| Caption | The 1917 baseball season opened April 24 at Seattle's Dugdale Park with a game between the Seattle Giants and a team from Great Falls, Montana. The teams were in the Northwestern League, which also included teams from Butte, Spokane, Tacoma, and other northwestern cities.
This photo shows the 1917 opening game at Dugdale Park. The band sits on folding chairs at the edge of the field. Groups of fans in matching hats cheer on their favorite team. A large advertising banner shades the players in the dugout. |
| Subjects | Baseball players; Sports spectators; Athletic fields; Seattle Giants (Baseball team); Dugdale Park (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.10517.2 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative: glass, b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 58, 670 |
