Outfield Walls

[brianp-beme]

This Sanella Ruth card has a little 'Hotel Co..?' advertising in the background.

Brian

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

This Sanella Ruth card has a little 'Hotel Co..?' advertising in the background.

Brian

Looks like an early 20s pinstripe uniform, pre-Yankee Stadium, so it must be the Polo Grounds. Could it be Hotel Congress, now named the Congress Hotel? There is also a Concorde Hotel, but it used to be named the Fitzpatrick, so I don't think that is it. I don't know when advertising stopped on the Polo Grounds walls, but I have a 1938 Giants team photo, and there was wall advertising then.

[ledsters]

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[Eric72]

Originally Posted by ledsters

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This Whitey looks spectacular.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Looks like an early 20s pinstripe uniform, pre-Yankee Stadium, so it must be the Polo Grounds. Could it be Hotel Congress, now named the Congress Hotel? There is also a Concorde Hotel, but it used to be named the Fitzpatrick, so I don't think that is it. I don't know when advertising stopped on the Polo Grounds walls, but I have a 1938 Giants team photo, and there was wall advertising then.

The Rogers Peet of Ruth features the same image, but as a black and white photo, and has a little more of the advertising sign visible. Unfortunately a little blurry.

Brian (it was tough to find a good image of this card, so obviously this RogersHornsbyPeetRoseRuth is not mine)