1912

Applying for Working Papers in New York City, 1912

Votes for Women

Jane Addams

Mother Cabrini

Mother Jones

Standard Oil

In New York, the Giants and Yankees met at the Polo Groundsto play an unscheduled charity game to raise moneyfor the survivors of the Titanic (which had sunk three days earlier, April 14th). The Giants prevailed 11-2.

In 1912, the New York Highlanders changed their name to the Yankees and debuted their famous pinstriped uniforms.

In 1912, one of baseball's original cathedrals, Boston's Fenway Park, was built at a cost of $350,000.

Inspired by their new stadium, the Red Sox beat theNew York Giants in the 1912 World Series.

1912Olympics

Stockholm

In the 1912 Stockhom Olympics, Jim Thorpe was aRecord Setting Gold Medalistin both the Pentathlon and DecathlonKing Gustav V of Sweden said,“Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world.”

But Thorpe was stripped of his medals because he had once playedon a semi-pro baseball team.

Thorpe joined the 1913 New York Giants, but had diificulty with Major League curveballs and manager John McGraw.

Jim Thorpe was awarded ABC's Wide World of SportsAthlete of the Century.

He died a day laborerliving in a trailer park.

His medals were reinstatedin 1983, thirty yearsafter his death.

For the Field of Dreams fans…

On August 11, 1912, Shoeless Joe Jackson, then playing for Cleveland Indians, became only the second American League player ever to steal home twice in a single game. Jackson first stole home in the first, then went on to steal second,third and home in the seventh.

In the 1912 season, he tied Ty Cobb in the total number of hits (226),and led the league in total bases and triples.He had a career batting average of .356

TinPanAlley

Irving Berlin

George Gershwin

Scott Joplin

Pablo Picasso

Isadora Duncan

George M. Cohan

Mark Twain

Staten Island Wedding 1912

Nurses’ Graduation Day 1912

First Feature FilmOliver Twist1912

Sir Thomas Lewis mastered the technology of the electrocardiogram in 1912, a device for recording the activity of the heart

1912 Cadillac