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Schenectady, New York Commercial Streets, State Street at street-level...

State Street at railroad crossing, looking east toward Jay Street. Photograph taken ca. 1900, before elevation of railroad tracks in 1905. Businesses C.F. Reynolds (317 State Street), Machinists Hall...

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Schenectady Blue Jays 1948

The 1948 Blue Jays after the last game of the season. The Blue Jays lost the game and missed the playoffs by a half game. The players are arranged in front of spectators in the park. Players in the...

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Schenectady Blue Jays 1947

Photo of the 1947 Schenectady Blue Jays. The players are arranged in rows in front of empty stadium seating with three baseball bats arranged in the foreground of the photo. The Blue Jays would become...

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1947 Schenectady Blue Jays team dinner

1947 Schenectady Blue Jays team dinner at Spaulding's Restaurant in Cooperstown, New York. List of players written on the back of photo. Right side, front to rear: McConvery, Frank; Mayton, Sam;...

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1947 Schenectady Blue Jays Locker Room Celebration

Photo of the 1947 Schenectady Blue Jays after winning the Canadian-American League playoff championship. "Blue Jays Go Wild" is written on the back of the photo along with a list of the players....

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New York State Governor Thomas E. Dewey receives his 1949 Canadian American...

New York State Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York receives his 1949 Canadian American League pass from Canadian American League President Albert E. Haughton at the governor's office in the New York...

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Schenectady Blue Jays pitcher Dave Cyrus

Photograph of Schenectady Blue Jays pitcher Dave Cyrus in 1950. Cyrus' pose in this photo looks like it might have been used for a baseball card. Dave Cyrus was Schenectady's only 20 game winner from...

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Blue Jays receive the 1947 Championship

This photograph shows the owners of the Schenectady Blue Jays, Pete and Jim McNearney along with Blue Jays manager Lee Riley receiving the 1947 Canadian-American League Championship trophy from an...

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Schenectady Blue Jays Night Game

This photograph shows a 1948 Blue Jays night game at McNearney Stadium, later renamed Schenectady Stadium, in Schenectady, New York. McNearney Stadium was finished in 1946 and included coin-operated...

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1951 Schenectady Blue Jays Team Photograph

This photo shows the 1951 Schenectady Blue Jays lined up in front of their team bus and Schenectady Stadium. Players from left to right are: Bruzos; Riley, Lee Manager; Schell, Danny; Pliszka, Matt;...

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Edward Waytula's Homerun Celebration

Photograph showing Schenectady Blue Jays players celebrating after Blue Jays shortstop Edward Waytula hit a pennant winning homerun in 1956. Players from left to right are: Anderson, John; Herrera,...

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Spectators Watching baseball at Island Park

This photograph shows a large crowd gathered around the field to watch a baseball game at Island Park in Schenectady, New York. Island Park was built in 1901 for the New York State League Games. It was...

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1951 Schedule of Home Games

The schedule of home games for the Schenectady Blue Jays in 1951. The first side of this document shows the schedule of Blue Jays' home games while the second side has an advertisement for the Domestic...

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General Electric Employees Blue Jay Booster Night

This photograph shows Schenectady General Electric Booster Night Chairman, W.J. Fitzgerald handing tickets to L.J. Male who was a manager of Relations and Utilities at General Electric. Also shown in...

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Carman Baseball club

Photograph of the Carman baseball club posing in front of a house with a trophy.

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Gershon's Delicatessen Softball team

Photograph of Gershon's softball team photographed at the Jewish Cultural Center after winning 5 games in a row in the Schenectady Center Softball League. Front row, left to right: Ziffer, Jerry;...

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General Electric baseball team

General Electric often encouraged its employees to participate in sports and other recreational activities. This undated photo shows the General Electric baseball team posing for a photograph. Based on...

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Photograph of the J.C. baseball team

This photograph shows the J.C. baseball team posing with bats. The J.C. stands for James Collins who bought the Abraham Glen House and the land behind the house, which would become Collins Park. in...

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Olympic Youth Baseball Team

This photo show a group of baseball players from the Olympic Youth Baseball Team posed in front of a house.

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The Whirlwinds Baseball Team

Photograph shows a group of baseball players from a team named The Whirlwinds posed on a porch in front of a house. The photograph looks to be clipped from a newspaper, also included is a short article...

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