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September 20

from November 1946 to May 1947

This image of Alamo Square Park in San Francisco is part of a collection of photos of once-bustling locations that were rendered deserted by the global health crisis of 2020

Summers are hotter and drier

Opening Day Frame Color:Brown This illustrationThe New York Mets play their first game ever before 12,447 rain soaked fans at the Polo Grounds on April 13, 1962. The Mets lost, 4 3, to the Pittsburgh Pirates, one of a record 120 defeats that season. Before long, however, the hapless, bumbling Mets would be called lovable and, most of all, amazing. "Civic pride erupted in one lusty ovation after another at the Polo Grounds yesterday as 12,447 baseball fans hailed the return of the prodigal National