Crosley Field Seats-What am I Missing?

[mrozie21]

Haywood-Wakefield was the manufacturer of the seat as well as quite a few of the stadium in the early 1900's. I've always called this figural an "art deco" style over the years and I know that Comiskey Park, Tiger Stadium and Boston Gardens have all had the exact same figural end.

[Dave Grob]

I believe these “Haywood-Wakefield” style aisle seats were phased out gradually and not replaced all at once, but rather as renovations were being made at Crolsey Field. I suspect the first place this was done were the field boxes behind the home plate area and then radiating out along the left and right field lines. I would also offer that these seats, given the time frame we are looking at, were probably last painted green as opposed the reddish-orange seats you see by the time of the 1940 World Series.

This has been a long term project for me, and one I wish I had more time to devote to on a continuous basis. Regrettably, there are always competing demands on my research time and my personal interest items always seem to have to take a back seat (no pun intended).

Dave Grob
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[Dave Grob]

Found another great image from the 1940 World Series showing this same style if aisle seat at Crosley Field. Source is the University of Cincinnati Archives and Rare Books Library. Image depicts Reds coach/catcher Jimmy Wilson in a home Cincinnati Reds uniform at the rail at Crosley Field speaking with Leo Durocher and actor George Raft. Will post the image when I get back into town on Tuesday.


Dave Grob
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