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This week in Philly history: The A’s, not the Phillies, brought home the city’s first World Series title

The A's won Philadelphia's first World Series ever on Oct. 23, 1910.

Fans take in a World Series game between the Philadelphia A's and the Chicago Cubs on the rooftops of rowhouses overlooking Shibe Park in October 1910.
Fans take in a World Series game between the Philadelphia A's and the Chicago Cubs on the rooftops of rowhouses overlooking Shibe Park in October 1910.Read moreLibrary of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division