Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Major League Baseball's national anthem "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME" celebrated its 100th birthday in 2008. This is a video recreation of the original illustrated song slide program (with some additional slide elements from the same era) that was shown to the public in 1908. Illustrated songs (predecessors of today's music videos) were presented in vaudeville theaters and early movie houses to help sell sheet music to the public. When a new song was published 14 to 16 photographic glass slides were created utilizing actors and models who portrayed the storyline of the song's lyrics. In the theaters a "song illustrator" stood on stage and sang the song while the sequential slides were projected on screen. A lot of sheet music was sold this way.

These days only the song's chorus is familiar to the public. This is one of the original renditions of the song recorded in 1908 by Edward Meeker, an Edison technician.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Yankees
• Phillies
• Luna Park
• Marnan Collection
• Edward Meeker
• Jack Norworth
• Albert Von Tilzer

[mrlaymansterms1]

well done my friend. I've come back to watch this about 6 or 7 times this year, but wanted to thank you for putting it up.

[rynoceras]

I appreciate that. Thanks.

[apotheticwarrior]

Off the hook!! Thank you!! I knew the song was written for a woman. I wonder if she was the one. Totally effing great anyway. Thanks again!!

[rynoceras]

You're welcome!

[gdw1910]

Terrific! A forgotten part of our history. Beautiful images and effects photography. So few know this as part of our early cinema days.

[rynoceras]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[rcmsrm]

My son loves this song. He is doing a tap dance at his dance school to it. So lovely.

[mariacdp53]

Ditto gdw1910!! Love to use it in Sept. with students (for reading, fluency, enjoyment, history, etc. (5th grade), but copyright right in the middle is distracting. Any way of minimizing it??? Would be greatly appreciated.

[john9944]

Great version. Thanks.