English: [Baseball player, Billy Gilbert, New York Giants, standing on a baseball field near the grandstand].

Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.

CREATED/PUBLISHED 1903.

SUMMARY Half-length portrait of Billy (William Oliver) Gilbert, second baseman for the New York Giants National League baseball team, standing on a baseball field, in front of the grandstand at West Side Grounds, which was 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.

NOTES This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer may have been published in the newspaper.

Cite as: SDN-001468, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum.

SUBJECTS Gilbert, William Oliver. New York Giants (Baseball team) National League of Professional Baseball Clubs West Side Grounds (Chicago, Ill.) Baseball players--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1909. Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)--1900-1909. Chicago (Ill.)--1900-1909. Portraits. Dry plate negatives. Gelatin dry plate negatives. United States--Illinois--Cook County--Chicago.

MEDIUM 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 5 x 7 in.

REPRODUCTION NUMBER SDN-001468

REPOSITORY Chicago History Museum, 1601 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614-6038.

DIGITAL ID

(original negative) ichicdn s001468 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/ichicdn.s001468