Credits

Original negatives of The Detroit News are housed at the Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University. We appreciate their assistance on this project.

Gary Miles, Editor and Publisher

Kevin J. Hardy, Managing Editor

Nolan Finley, Editorial Page Editor

Aaron Velthoven, Vice President, Marketing, Communications & Events

Marcy L. Viselli, Consumer Marketing Brand & Events Specialist

Chapter introductions and photo research by Charlotte Massey

Editing and writing by Charlotte Massey, Bill McMillan, and Caitlin Waite

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RIGHT Before there was a Navin Field, a Briggs Stadium, or a Tiger Stadium, the National League‘s Detroit Wolverines played baseball at Recreation Park on the near east side of town at the corner of Brush and Brady Streets, July 4, 1887. The team did not draw well, even after winning the championship in 1887, and folded in 1888 after eight seasons in the National League. THE DETROIT NEWS