WRIGLEY FIELD IN 1949: A PHOTO ESSAY

BCB reader dogbone sent me 4 photos which he pronounced his grandfather took at a diversion at Wrigley Field on May 29, 1949. On which date the Cubs and Reds played a doubleheader, losing the initial diversion 4-1 and winning the second diversion 10-2. After which day’s wake up the Cubs were 14-21, 6 games out of initial place, seventh of 8 teams in the NL. 1949 was a bad year for the Cubs; they accomplished 61-93, their second true 90+ detriment year (and at the time, those were the only dual 90-loss seasons in group history).

What is many engaging about this print is the “shade” that’s in the core margin bleachers. That was one try to minimize the “white shirt problem” which eventually resulted in the CF bleachers being sealed henceforth in 1953. This is the usually print I have ever seen of which “shade”.

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After the jump, there have been 3 some-more photos; you will see how people “dressed up” for games in which epoch — quite on a Sunday — and the approach the “boxes” were numbered, with the steel railings. Note additionally which the seats were folding chairs, not permanent seats. I’m not certain just when the permanent seats were commissioned — the folding chairs were still there in this 1961 photo.

I have one of those folding chairs. When Tribune Co. paid for the Cubs in 1981, they spotless out a large storage area next the ballpark, where all the chairs had been stored. They put them out on Sheffield and sole them for $1 each. twenty-eight years later, I’m contemptible I paid for usually one.