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Old 05-02-2023, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by nolemmings View Post
Well it's pretty clearly a photo from Spring Training. Maybe someone here is an arborist or dendrologist who can narrow down the locale from the background-- or just someone familiar with trees, which excludes me
According to the Internet, here is where the Dodgers trained during the relevant time:

1941-42 Havana, Cuba
1943-45 Bear Mountain, NY
1946 Daytona Beach, FL
1947 Havana, Cuba
1948 Ciudad Trujillo, Dom. Rep.
1948-1952+ Vero Beach, FL

I think it's definitely Vero late 40's. The artificial hill/mound that surrounded Holman is visible and there were numerous deciduous trees after it opened and the root bases under his armpit and by the foot look like palms.
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