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Originally Posted by GasHouseGang
It looks like Shibe Park's outfield wall.
...the 1955 Bowman cards are sometimes remembered for their consistently similar player poses, ostensibly all from photographs taken at Shibe Park in Philadelphia.
Picture of Shibe Park:
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Yep. Bowman was based in Philly, so used Shibe Park as the convenient location for many of the AL photos. Kind of like Topps being in NY - if you look particularly at the 1970 Topps set - almost all the National Leaguers were photographed at Shea Stadium.
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Last edited by jchcollins; 08-17-2018 at 08:52 AM.
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