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Forbes Field

1968/1970

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Forbes Field
  • Title
  • Forbes Field
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B022.F03.I04
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B022.F03.I04
  • Description
  • A baseball game in progress at Forbes Field in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Forbes Field, home to the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1909 to 1970, had a capacity of 25,000 in 1909 and 35,000 in 1938. The field, built in 1909 at a cost of $1 million, was the first ballpark in the United States constructed entirely of poured concrete and steel. The first night game was played here on June 4, 1940. It was demolished July 28, 1971, and part of the campus of the University of Pittsburgh now stands in its place. The Litchfield Towers are visible in the center background.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Baseball--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Baseball stadiums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    University of Pittsburgh.Litchfield Towers.
    Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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