Yankee Stadium Ticket Booth/Kiosk

[FourStrikes]

Nice!

+1000 on the graffiti "Bronx charm" - if only you can photo-match it for eternity (NOT implying it ain't otherwise legit) - but that would be some tremendous provenance!

IMHO, I vote for non-restored.

[Kawika]

Don't recall the ticket booths ever being red. I wonder when they changed the color from the familiar drab green. Picture is a screen cap from some home movies from 1958 (kid in the middle wearing the Yankees cap is me).

[Lordstan]

Great photo David,
Looks like the BB HOF's restoration is correct, but perhaps older.

[Ronnoco]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Don't recall the ticket booths ever being red. I wonder when they changed the color from the familiar drab green. Picture is a screen cap from some home movies from 1958 (kid in the middle wearing the Yankees cap is me).

This is amazing, David! Do you have any other footage from outside the Stadium or inside the gate?

[ruth-gehrig]

I, like many have already said, would love to see this project to completion! Hopefully completion is minimal restoration

[Ronnoco]

Here are some additional photos of the kiosk, which is coming together slowly. Getting a better idea of the dome and booth color changes over time.

1) Multiples of $1.50 stenciled on the interior frames of both windows, just in case some wise guy ordered nine tickets. This is my favorite stuff.

2) The booth was the far right kiosk when facing the Stadium at Gate 4. It housed windows 18 and 19. The one in Cooperstown was to the far left at the same gate, windows 8 and 9. Still trying to determine the number of the Smithsonian booth.

3) The configuration of the counters when inside the booth. The red-ended pieces were the actual ticket counters. There's math all over these too. The tops of both were reinforced with heavy steel plate.

4) An area of the dome where the paint layers have peeled off, exposing the familiar "battleship gray", the copper covering, and what looks to be two shades of green. The green may just be tarnished copper.

5) One of the two rolling, illuminated banners. These were added in 1956, some time before the World Series

[whitehse]

This is like a piece of history, long lost, coming back to life! Excellent work so far.

[Ronnoco]

Originally Posted by whitehse

This is like a piece of history, long lost, coming back to life! Excellent work so far.

Thanks, Andrew

[MGHPro]

It's awesome ! Good luck with it

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by Ronnoco

This is amazing, David! Do you have any other footage from outside the Stadium or inside the gate?

Sorry for slow reply. Missed your question until I saw Ben's recent post. Unfortunately no other footage outside the gates save two or three seconds of us same kids goofing around.

[Ronnoco]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Sorry for slow reply. Missed your question until I saw Ben's recent post. Unfortunately no other footage outside the gates save two or three seconds of us same kids goofing around.

Thanks, David!

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Don't recall the ticket booths ever being red. I wonder when they changed the color from the familiar drab green. Picture is a screen cap from some home movies from 1958 (kid in the middle wearing the Yankees cap is me).

This photo rules. More please. The ticket booth is simply incredible. Wow.