Edmonton Goes Pro

“1,000 frenzied capitalists” witness Edmonton’s first professional baseball game.

View from the stands at Diamond Park during the opening day game between the Saskatoon Quakers and Edmonton Eskimos, 1910. Image via the Provincial Archives of Alberta.
View of Ross Flats, including Diamond Park, Rossdale Brewery and the Edmonton Hotel, from McDougall Hill, 1912. Image via the Provincial Archives of Alberta.
Advertisement from the May 30, 1907 issue of The Edmonton Bulletin.
Image of the 1907 Edmonton Legislators
Image of the roster from the May 31, 1907 issue of The Edmonton Bulletin.

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