What 1912 stadium is this?

[horzverti]

..and the funny thing is that in 1910 at the same Hilltop Park this photo was taken by Charles...have you seen this one before?

To quote Mr. Baseball Bob Uecker, "nice, real nice."

[BigJJ]

If it is 1912, I think it is Navin.

[BigJJ]

What am I missing here guys? You see the sign in the famous sliding picture? Is my eyesight that poor?
Edited to add that I think you mean that the height of the wall and background behind the wall are correct, but I'm still leaning toward Bennett/Navin.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by BigJJ

What am I missing here guys? You see the sign in the famous sliding picture? Is my eyesight that poor?

No, that pic is just a tangent.

[BOB52]

I'm glad this isn't over cuz I'm not convinced either that the park has been identified. So I've still got a shot at it and redeem myself. But the jolly guy definitely got his pics right. I'm impressed.

BOB52

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by horzverti

..and the funny thing is that in 1910 at the same Hilltop Park this photo was taken by Charles...have you seen this one before?

To quote Mr. Baseball Bob Uecker, "nice, real nice."

I stood there!! My girlfriend was at Columbia Presbyterian and they have a home plate plaque/monument outside, so I ambled away 90 feet through the plants and bramble and stood there grinning. Although no one around me had any clue, it was really cool being right on that spot.

[horzverti]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

I stood there!! My girlfriend was at Columbia Presbyterian and they have a home plate plaque/monument outside, so I ambled away 90 feet through the plants and bramble and stood there grinning. Although no one around me had any clue, it was really cool being right on that spot.

AWESOME story Darren. I can completely understand why you didn't slide into that spot...I am sure you wanted to.

[BigJJ]

May be on target with Hilltop look at height of White Rock ad and background from 1911
Was the ad replaced for 1912?
http://www.baseball-fever.com/showth...top-Park/page3
Edited link

[BigJJ]

http://www.baseball-fever.com/showth...top-Park/page3

Edited link

[JollyElm]

Here's my logical conclusion. Of course, I'm assuming the old photographs are marked correctly as to where the photos were taken.

The Ty Cobb photo has the same background structures as the Lajoie photo, marked in red. There's also the ubiquitous smokestack.
The Lajoie photo has the same background elements (and probably a million more that I didn't assess) as the overhead picture of Hilltop Park, marked in blue.

I'm all CSI over here. Haha. To me, it's undoubtably Hilltop Park, NYC.

hilltop.jpg

[BigJJ]

You nailed it!!! Awesome

[BigJJ]

Photographer was on the ground, added a degree of difficulty
That was a good riddle

[BOB52]

I'm about 99.9% convinced it's Hilltop Park. And while I'm chewing over the remaining .1%, I thought I'd share this color photo of Hilltop.

[BOB52]

I'm now 100% convinced that its Hilltop Park. However, check out the pictures below, as well as the numerous others on Flickr. Every one of them is said to be from 1912. But I cannot find a single one among them that shows the Wayne Knit Hoisery ad. Which leads me to suspect one of two things ...

1. They changed the ad displays periodically during the 1912 season.

or

2. The photo was not actually taken in 1912 but is from some other year.

* If you click around enough you will see every part of the outfield walls - left - center - and right. Of course, were are only concerned with the right field wall. The link shows about 100 similar photos.

Link: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=hill...%201912#page=0