What 1912 stadium is this?

[BOB52]

I'm about 99.9% convinced it's Hilltop Park. And while I'm chewing over the remaining .1%, I thought I'd share this color photo of Hilltop.

[BOB52]

I'm now 100% convinced that its Hilltop Park. However, check out the pictures below, as well as the numerous others on Flickr. Every one of them is said to be from 1912. But I cannot find a single one among them that shows the Wayne Knit Hoisery ad. Which leads me to suspect one of two things ...

1. They changed the ad displays periodically during the 1912 season.

or

2. The photo was not actually taken in 1912 but is from some other year.

* If you click around enough you will see every part of the outfield walls - left - center - and right. Of course, were are only concerned with the right field wall. The link shows about 100 similar photos.

Link: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=hill...%201912#page=0

[BOB52]

I've gone through the 1912 Flickr photos three times now and don't see the Wayne ad. If I missed seeing it somehow, and someone else finds it, please let us know. And please know that I am not trying to be difficult here, but rather that I'm just trying to help and establish full accuracy.

Thanks.

Bob

[BOB52]

Check out this cropped image from 1911. I'm not 100% certain, but the ad to the left of Coronet might be the right one and possibly says ...

Wayne Knit Nylons

Check it out and see what you think. I even did a zoom on it but I'm still not sure.

BOB52

PS ~ I just realized that's the same dang picture I posted earlier on the previous page, which said it was 1912. Let's forget about the date for the moment and try and determine if its a Wayne ad or not.

Thanks.

Bob

[BOB52]

Oops ... I meant to insert the whole picture but forgot. Here it is in case someone wants to work with it.

[BOB52]

For comparison ...

[BOB52]

horzverti ~

Even though I cannot make out every detail, nor whether the photo is dated 1911 or 1912, I am confident that the red arrow points to the sign in question, which is the same overall color - same type of writing - and right location in relation to the smoke stack.

So I'm calling it quits with this, at least as far as any more searching goes, and hope the photo sells for a zillion dollars on eBay.

Good Luck.

BOB52