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Ray Dandridge639 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

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610 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

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602 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

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600 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

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Price & Tenney Prefer Baseball Park in Newark597 views1916
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590 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

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1940s580 views
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Larry Doby572 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

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Monte Irvin565 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

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1953564 viewsAfter the Newark Board of Education purchased it for the use of the Newark Schools

Photo from the Newark Municipal Yearbook 1953
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May 25, 1919563 views
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559 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

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558 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

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Max Manning557 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

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555 viewsPhoto from the LOC
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550 viewsA slightly blurry still from a movie shot by Thomas Edison of a baseball game between the Newark Colts & the Reading Coal Heavers in 1898. It was most likely shot at Wiedenmayer Park which became Ruppert Stadium in 1932. The movie was found on the LOC site by Gonzalo Alberto.
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547 viewsFrom Gonzalo Alberto
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Leon Day541 viewsRichard La Rovere was commissioned in 2000 to create a tribute at Bears Stadium honoring the players of the former Newark Eagles Negro League that played in the 1930s-40s.

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1925533 viewsPhoto from the Newark Public Library
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McTighe Obtains Show Cause Order531 viewsFrom the Newark Evening News
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1926 Map527 views
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524 viewsPhoto from Hammond Maps
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Scudder Home Expos #1523 views
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May 18, 1919519 views
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Possibly the "Peppers"518 views
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516 viewsPostcard
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Captain514 views
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May 11, 1919512 views
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1889 Map511 views
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Willie Wells511 viewsWillie Wells of the Newark Eagles poses with his bat for portrait. Willie James Wells became famous as the player-manager of the Newark Eagles in the 1940s. His Negro League career spanned two decades playing for many teams including the St. Louis Stars, Detroit Wolves, Homestead Grays, Chicago American Giants, Cole's American Giants, New York Black Yankees, Baltimore Elite Giants, Indianapolis Clowns and Memphis Red Sox from 1925-1948.

Photo by National Baseball Hall of Fame
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1937509 viewsThe Newark Bears let off steam before going to the showers, after having defeated the Columbus Red Birds, American Association Champions, 10-4, to win the Little World Series at Columbus, Ohio, October 7th, 1937. The Bears came from behind, winning four straight, after the Red Birds had defeated them in the first three.
Photo from Bettmann
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508 viewsPhoto from Speed-Up Vol 3 No 23 June 1920
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1911 Map508 views
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1926507 viewsConstruction of the stadium using the same footprint, but expanded, from Wiedenmayer's Park
Photo from the Newark Public Library
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1908 Map506 views
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1927 Map505 views
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