Baseball player Burk, Brooklyn Dodgers, following through after throwing a baseball on the field at West Side Grounds

SDN-056872

Title: Baseball player Burk, Brooklyn Dodgers, following through after throwing a baseball on the field at West Side Grounds Description: Informal full-length portrait of baseball player Burk of the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers, following through after throwing a baseball, standing in front of grandstands 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. A baseball player is standing along the grandstand wall in the background. A man wearing a suit is standing next to the baseball player, and men wearing street clothes are standing in the grandstands. Date Depicted: 1911 Creator: Chicago Daily News, Inc. Creator Role: photographer Physical Format: glass negatives Extent: 4 x 5 in. Copyright Notice: No Known Copyright Credit Line: SDN-056872, Chicago Daily News collection, Chicago History Museum Accession Number: 1960.784 Acquisition Source: Gift of Field Enterprises, Inc. Collection Type: Prints & Photographs - Chicago Daily News Storage Location: Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum CHM Catalog ID: 121161 Max Pixels - Width: 500 Max Pixels - Height: 398 Help improve this content