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Post by psuhistory on Aug 25, 2009 14:25:51 GMT -5
Perhaps others have seen this picture, but I came across it today for the first time. Apparently, it's a large postcard of the game on June 8, 1940, a 23-2 Reds win over the Dodgers, and Ernie Lombardi is shown batting in the second inning... I think the Red Top Beer sign on the left is interesting: it's a Cincinnati brewery that closed in 1956. I had never heard of it...  |
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Post by Lark11 on Aug 25, 2009 23:07:39 GMT -5
Wow. Looks nicer than GABP.
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Post by psuhistory on Aug 26, 2009 16:42:39 GMT -5
Well, GABP is a bit of a theme park, for my taste, but I like the field well enough, and the seating makes it a very pleasant place to watch a game...
I loved Crosley Field though. My first experience of Cincinnati politics involved writing to the mayor, when I was eight, to ask him not to tear it down. I thought it should be turned over to the Knothole league. The mayor wrote back that he thought it was a great idea and was forwarding my letter to the city manager. I then received a letter from the city manager, indicating that he was forwarding my very important suggestion to the mayor. Then they tore the park down. I have what is supposed to be a piece of the wall on my desk...
I like the way the business of the city appears to be going on around the park; GABP seems more set apart down there on the river...
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Post by awnawboi21 on Aug 27, 2009 7:17:56 GMT -5
My only real problem with GABP is that it doesn't have much personality.
Many of the new ballparks have even slight quirks, but GABP is just straight up, pretty symmetrical.
It's still a massive improvement on Riverfront.
I thought the Riverboat in center was a nice touch when they added that, but more things like that are needed.
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Post by redsfaninindy on Sept 4, 2009 11:40:36 GMT -5
I loved the display they have of Crosley up in the Reds HoF. We've been to a couple games this season, and we've gone into the HoF every time.
I agree though. GABP has virtually no personality. I think of all the ballparks the two I admire most are Pac Bell (or AT&T or whatever the Giants are playing in) and Petco Park (San Diego).
I was really hoping they'd build GABP so it'd hang onto the river. Seeing water shots are exciting. And I just like the old building they built into Petco. It's strange and different.
The only thing cooler would be rooftop seats a la Wrigley.
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Post by awnawboi21 on Sept 4, 2009 12:43:52 GMT -5
It might be a little different if there were actually anything on the other side of the river worth looking at too.
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Post by psuhistory on Sept 4, 2009 22:51:36 GMT -5
I loved Crosley Field, but I was young when it was torn down, and I don't have much sense of what was wrong with the site or the facility. I was just attached to the place...
I'm not going near the comment about the river. My father still refers to the Kentucky side as "enemy territory," and I lived in Cincy long enough to know the river is more than a border between states...
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Post by awnawboi21 on Sept 5, 2009 8:48:51 GMT -5
I loved Crosley Field, but I was young when it was torn down, and I don't have much sense of what was wrong with the site or the facility. I was just attached to the place... I'm not going near the comment about the river. My father still refers to the Kentucky side as "enemy territory," and I lived in Cincy long enough to know the river is more than a border between states... Oh certainly, however in Toledo you get a better feel for how drastic a difference there is between two states.... ttun is so close, and yet so far away.... |
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Post by psuhistory on Sept 5, 2009 18:39:47 GMT -5
Those are some major tribal loyalties: a veritable military frontier...
Oddly enough, the Big Ten still hasn't had a major impact on those attitudes here. Don't get me wrong: the Big Ten events are important, across the board. But the traditional rivalries here involved Pitt and Temple and even West Virginia; nothing has emerged in the Big Ten to replace the kind of tribal stamping and howling that used to go along with those events and that you're describing in Ohio/Michigan...
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Post by lisabertke@yahoo.com on Jun 10, 2016 15:06:11 GMT -5
I am desperate for a copy of this 1940 stadium image for my husband for fathers day. I was hoping to get a good image and frame it. He mentioned one time he would like to have a picture because of the name Young and Bertke which are relatives and of course for the love of the Reds!
Any ideas thank you!
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Post by kinsm on Jun 10, 2016 15:33:33 GMT -5
I am desperate for a copy of this 1940 stadium image for my husband for fathers day. I was hoping to get a good image and frame it. He mentioned one time he would like to have a picture because of the name Young and Bertke which are relatives and of course for the love of the Reds! Any ideas thank you! 1959 do? www.thestadiumshoppe.com/crosley-field-matinee-cincinnati-reds-print/ |
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Post by psuhistory on Jun 10, 2016 19:44:18 GMT -5
I haven't seen the 1940 b/w image for sale, I like it too. If you search for it online, this one comes up as the largest copy at 302k, and you can enlarge it a little. It has enough detail that it might be worthwhile trying to make a copy with a laser printer and some good photo paper, then framing it. If you adjust the image some to heighten the contrast, it could work...
Otherwise, Kinsm's suggestion is probably your best bet, there should be good Crosley portraits at the Reds shop. Sorry I can't be more helpful, great idea for a gift...
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Post by kinsm on Jun 10, 2016 20:20:59 GMT -5
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Post by kinsm on Jun 10, 2016 20:21:44 GMT -5
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Post by psuhistory on Jun 10, 2016 23:43:04 GMT -5
Apparently, a Dayton company produced the 1940 photograph as a postcard, and a few may be available on ebay... This is an alternative source of the full digital file. After adjusting the image some for contrast, you could probably make a frameable print at a copy shop that is just as good or better than an ancient postcard... alfa-img.com/show/old-crosley-field.html |
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