- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Ponce de Leon Park
- Date of Original:
- 1940
- Subject:
- Baseball--Georgia--Atlanta
Baseball players--Georgia--Atlanta
Sports and recreation facilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Sports--Georgia--Atlanta
Stadiums--Georgia--Atlanta
Spectators--Georgia--Atlanta
Crowds--Georgia--Atlanta
Spiller Field (Atlanta Ga.)
Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta, Ponce de Leon Avenue, 33.773832, -84.351369
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the stands and home plate during a baseball game at Ponce de Leon Park in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ponce de Leon Park was built in 1907 on Ponce de Leon Avenue, two miles east of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium burned in 1923 and re-opened with funding from businessman R. J. Spiller. The park was home to the Atlanta Crackers, a minor league baseball team that competed in the Southern Association from 1901-1965. The ballpark was razed in 1966.
This work is filed as an image collected by Kenneth Rogers, the photographer is unknown. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.614.01
ahc082614001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1952
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
