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New York Giants walk onto the field at the Polo Grounds New York prior to Game One of the 1912 World Series, October 8, 1912 (baseball)
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Original data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: Giants arrive, 10/8/12.
Corrected title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006.
At far left is Wilbert Robinson; 6th player visible from left is Josh Devore?; uniformed, unobstructed players from right to left: John McGraw, unknown, Fred Merkle, unknown (with hand shielding face and looking back), Christy Mathewson (Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006).
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
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