[Boxer, James J. Jeffries and baseball player Frank Smith, Chicago White Sox, sparring on the field]

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  • Collection ID SDN-054939
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Boxer, James J. Jeffries and baseball player Frank Smith, Chicago White Sox, sparring on the field] [graphic].
  • Dates 1909.
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Restriction: Original negatives are fragile and not available to researchers. Please consult the on-line image instead.
  • Collection summary Informal full-length portrait of pugilist James J. Jeffries and baseball player Frank Smith of the American League's Chicago White Sox baseball team, sparring on the field at West Side Grounds, located between West Polk Street, South Wolcott Avenue (formerly Lincoln Street), West Taylor Street, and South Wood Street in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. An unidentified man and two unidentified White Sox players are standing in the background. Text on a sign on the grandstand wall in the background reads, in part: Not Throw Bottles.
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  • Names
    • Jeffries, James J.
    • Smith, Frank.
    • Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
    • American League of Professional Baseball Clubs
    • South Side Park (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • Baseball players Illinois Chicago 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Boxers (Sports) 1900-1909. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage
    • Armour Square (Chicago, Ill.) 1900-1909.
    • Chicago (Ill.) 1900-1909.
  • Genre
    • Portraits. gmgpc
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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