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The Camden Yards Story Media Archive Inside the Project Make a Gift
The Camden Yards Story
Act 1: Memorial Stadium’s Fading Magic Act 2: Departure of the Colts Act 3: Playing the political game Act 4: Design & Construction Act 5: Opening Day, 1992
Media Archive
Videos Images Baltimore’s Ballparks Maps
Inside the Project
Contact & Media Inquiries
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Act 1: Memorial Stadium’s Fading Magic Act 2: Departure of the Colts Act 3: Playing the political game Act 4: Design & Construction Act 5: Opening Day, 1992
Videos Images Baltimore’s Ballparks Maps
Contact & Media Inquiries
Black and white photo of Fredrick Fritz Maisel at Old Oriole Park at home plate

Media Archive

Explore the research behind the project: interviews, videos, archival materials and more.

Videos

The Povich Center collected historic video of baseball in Baltimore from sources throughout the city and state including the Orioles arrival in Baltimore in 1954, world championships in 1966 and 1983, Fantastic Fans Night in 1988 and Opening Day at Camden Yards 1992.

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Images

More than a century of Baltimore baseball history has been captured in photos. These images are collected here from Opening Day at Terrapin Park in 1915 to present-day Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

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Reporting by the numbers

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Students journalists contributing research, interviews, reporting, writing and video production
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Interviews with key participants in the ballpark story
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Hours of recorded conversations

Learn more about the process and people behind the work


Baltimore's Ballparks Map

Map of Baltimore highlighting the locations of Camden Yards and historic ballparks including Memorial Stadium, Maryland Park, Westport Park, Westport Stadium, Bugle Field, and early Oriole parks.

The Povich Center created maps to mark the location of professional baseball in Baltimore dating back more than a century. Included are home fields of the International League Orioles, Black Sox and Elite Giants of the Negro Leagues and Orioles of Major League Baseball.


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