Witness a never-before-seen perspective of the personnel who have become legends in their own in the stands of The Friendly Confines.
In 1970, a vendor at Wrigley Field had an amazing idea to turn his personal camera away from the baseball diamond and toward his fellow ballpark hawkers as they went about their daily jobs of selling souvenirs, programs, hot dogs, ice cream, and soft drinks. Along the way, he also captured images of other employees - ushers, security staff, commissary workers, and union officials. The result, Wrigley Field's Amazing Vendors, offers an inside... Read More
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Witness a never-before-seen perspective of the personnel who have become legends in their own in the stands of The Friendly Confines.
In 1970, a vendor at Wrigley Field had an amazing idea to turn his personal camera away from the baseball diamond and toward his fellow ballpark hawkers as they went about their daily jobs of selling souvenirs, programs, hot dogs, ice cream, and soft drinks. Along the way, he also captured images of other employees - ushers, security staff, commissary workers, and union officials. The result, Wrigley Field's Amazing Vendors, offers an inside... Read More
Witness a never-before-seen perspective of the personnel who have become legends in their own in the stands of The Friendly Confines.
In 1970, a vendor at Wrigley Field had an amazing idea to turn his personal camera away from the baseball diamond and toward his fellow ballpark hawkers as they went about their daily jobs of selling souvenirs, programs, hot dogs, ice cream, and soft drinks. Along the way, he also captured images of other employees - ushers, security staff, commissary workers, and union officials. The result, Wrigley Field's Amazing Vendors, offers an inside look of Major League Baseball that Arcadia Publishing is proud to include in its Images of Modern America series. The subjects themselves are amazing: a blind Frosty Malt vendor; a singing peanut vendor; a Coca-Cola vendor who went on to become an economic adviser to the president of the United States. Many of the vendors photographed in the 1970s are still in the aisles of Wrigley Field today. Others left for new career opportunities, while a few became legends in vending history.
Details
Pages: 96
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of Modern America
Publication Date: 9th July 2018
State: Illinois
Illustration Note: Full Color
ISBN: 9781467129145
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Sports PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Celebrations & Events
Reviews
"Lip service is often paid to hard-working, behind-the-scenes baseball employees. In Arcadia's Wrigley Field's Amazing Vendors, part of the publisher's "Images of Modern America" series, these pros, and especially the vendors, get their due. Authors Lloyd Rutzky and Joel Levin have been Wrigley vendors themselves. Most of the color photos in the book were taken by the thoughtful Rutzky in the 1970s, and Levin's text glows with respect and appreciation for the many workers and friends whom he identifies by name and specific vending task. The fourth and final chapter of the book is about the "legends," including the man to whom the book is dedicated: Irving Newer, the blind avuncular salesman of the famous Wrigley treat, Frosty Malts. Levin says no fan ever cheated Irv when making change while paying him. A very human, rewarding book." Spitball Magazine
Author Bio
Author Lloyd Rutzky became a seat vendor, selling soda pop at Comiskey Park at Thirty-Fifth Street and Shields Avenue in 1965, and he continued hawking pizza, hot dogs, and beer for the "Pale Hose" throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after their move to their newer location across the street in 1991, and up to the present day. Joel Levin, a fellow vendor who had a 15-year career at Comiskey Park from 1962 to 1977, had the idea for this book, and together with Rutzky, they chronicle their brothers and sisters in arms--and feet--including dozens of legends of the profession who are highly skilled in providing refreshments and souvenirs for what is known as White Sox Nation.
Witness a never-before-seen perspective of the personnel who have become legends in their own in the stands of The Friendly Confines.
In 1970, a vendor at Wrigley Field had an amazing idea to turn his personal camera away from the baseball diamond and toward his fellow ballpark hawkers as they went about their daily jobs of selling souvenirs, programs, hot dogs, ice cream, and soft drinks. Along the way, he also captured images of other employees - ushers, security staff, commissary workers, and union officials. The result, Wrigley Field's Amazing Vendors, offers an inside look of Major League Baseball that Arcadia Publishing is proud to include in its Images of Modern America series. The subjects themselves are amazing: a blind Frosty Malt vendor; a singing peanut vendor; a Coca-Cola vendor who went on to become an economic adviser to the president of the United States. Many of the vendors photographed in the 1970s are still in the aisles of Wrigley Field today. Others left for new career opportunities, while a few became legends in vending history.
Pages: 96
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of Modern America
Publication Date: 9th July 2018
State: Illinois
Illustrations Note: Full Color
ISBN: 9781467129145
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Sports PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Celebrations & Events
"Lip service is often paid to hard-working, behind-the-scenes baseball employees. In Arcadia's Wrigley Field's Amazing Vendors, part of the publisher's "Images of Modern America" series, these pros, and especially the vendors, get their due. Authors Lloyd Rutzky and Joel Levin have been Wrigley vendors themselves. Most of the color photos in the book were taken by the thoughtful Rutzky in the 1970s, and Levin's text glows with respect and appreciation for the many workers and friends whom he identifies by name and specific vending task. The fourth and final chapter of the book is about the "legends," including the man to whom the book is dedicated: Irving Newer, the blind avuncular salesman of the famous Wrigley treat, Frosty Malts. Levin says no fan ever cheated Irv when making change while paying him. A very human, rewarding book." Spitball Magazine
Author Lloyd Rutzky became a seat vendor, selling soda pop at Comiskey Park at Thirty-Fifth Street and Shields Avenue in 1965, and he continued hawking pizza, hot dogs, and beer for the "Pale Hose" throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after their move to their newer location across the street in 1991, and up to the present day. Joel Levin, a fellow vendor who had a 15-year career at Comiskey Park from 1962 to 1977, had the idea for this book, and together with Rutzky, they chronicle their brothers and sisters in arms--and feet--including dozens of legends of the profession who are highly skilled in providing refreshments and souvenirs for what is known as White Sox Nation.
