Crosley Field Links
A few of the best resources on the web for information about and pictures of Crosley Field
A few of the best resources on the web for information about and pictures of Crosley Field
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Ballparks, Arenas and Stadiums by Bob Busser
One of the most thorough sites on the internet for pictures of old ballparks, Bob Busser has been travelling across the country to sports venues since the 1970's, he has posted many of his own photos of ballparks and stadiums, and found many others from the internet for virtually every sports palace in America. For each park he also creates a full-size slide show set to music. While he was too young to have visited the original Crosley Field, he collected some of the best photos of Crosley to use in his slideshow. Also, he has visited the site of the recreated field, and those photos are included in his presentation. Baseball Fever... Join the Conversation!
The foremost discussion site in major league baseball keeps the dialog and memories coming about Crosley Field and every other major league site! Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)
SABR produces many outstanding and well researched articles on baseball players, teams, leagues and stadiums of yesteryear. There article on Crosley Field is probably the most thorough of those publicly available. Ballpark Digest
Concise yet informative information on Crosley and other parks in their article archive. Ballparks of Baseball
Ballparks of Baseball provides in-depth information on every major league stadium. Ballparks by Munsey & Suppes
Information regarding development and history of each professional stadium Crosley & Cincinnati photographs
I found no sites containing a lot of Crosley photos other than this one and the ones listed above. However, there are several sites that have great collections of the city of Cincinnati and life there during the time Crosley Field existed, most have a few photos of Crosley also, here are a few of the best.... Work of Nelson Ronsheim, Cincinnati photographer
Nelson Ronsheim was a Cincinnati studio artist and photographer who captured the dynamic growth and changes in Cincinnati's urban landscape from 1923 until his death in 1981. His grandson, Michael G Smith, has posted some of his works on Flickr, and also continued his grandfather's work by returning to some of these sites in recent years to document the ongoing changes to Cincinnati's neighborhoods. For further reading......
Crosley Field: The Illustrated History of a Classic Ballpark
by Greg Rhodes & John Erardi Reds team historian Greg Rhodes and Cincinnati Enquirer sportswriter John Erardi collaborated on this exhaustive history of Crosley Field twenty-three years after its closure, interviewing many of the people who both made and witnessed history there. |
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