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A high-angle, photorealistic view of a 1909 baseball game in a crowded Shibe Park stadium, with a city skyline in the hazy background.

A high-angle, photorealistic view of a 1909 baseball game in a crowded Shibe Park stadium, with a city skyline in the hazy background.

Shibe Park Philadelphia 1909, opening year, color photograph from behind home plate, high angle from upper deck. Brand new concrete and steel baseball stadium. Double-deck covered grandstand from left field foul pole to right field foul pole. Steel support columns visible. Ornate French Renaissance facade visible on exterior. 23,000 seats. Symmetrical outfield dimensions: 360 feet to left field, 515 feet to center field, 340 feet to right field. 12-foot high blank concrete outfield wall with no advertisements. Hand-operated scoreboard in left-center field. 8-story tower with cupola in right field corner. Philadelphia row houses visible beyond outfield wall. Field condition: August 1909. Patchy yellow-green grass with brown dirt patches. Worn dirt basepaths and pitcher's mound. Infield dirt is lighter brown than outfield grass. No on-deck circles painted on field. Game in progress. All 9 fielders in white uniforms with dark caps. One umpire behind catcher in black suit and bowler hat. Players positioned for 1909: shortstop and second baseman playing deep on grass, right fielder in right-center field. Crowd in stands wearing suits, straw boater hats, bowler hats. Packed house. Early 20th century atmosphere. Bright sunny day, slight haze over Philadelphia skyline. Photorealistic, period accurate, no modern elements. Mehr sehen