The other Wrigley Field
May. 17th, 2008 08:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ashetlandponyI remember Dad telling me about the other Wrigley Field, the one in Los Angeles: original home of the Los Angeles Angels (Pacific Coast League, 1925-1957; American League, 1961). I've never seen pictures of it before now, though.
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Located at 42nd Place and San Pedro Street, California's Wrigley Field opened in 1925.
This Wrigley Field got its lights in 1930. Its namesake in Chicago would have to wait another 58 years for night baseball.
It was initially proposed that the Dodgers would play here after relocating from Brooklyn. This concept drawing from 1957 depicted proposed improvements to turn Wrigley Field into a major league park. Instead, it met the wrecking ball in 1966.
Photos from the USC Libraries Digital Archive/California Historical Society, and the Los Angeles Public Library.
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Located at 42nd Place and San Pedro Street, California's Wrigley Field opened in 1925.
This Wrigley Field got its lights in 1930. Its namesake in Chicago would have to wait another 58 years for night baseball.
It was initially proposed that the Dodgers would play here after relocating from Brooklyn. This concept drawing from 1957 depicted proposed improvements to turn Wrigley Field into a major league park. Instead, it met the wrecking ball in 1966.
Photos from the USC Libraries Digital Archive/California Historical Society, and the Los Angeles Public Library.
