Here is a nice photo of bobby thomson taken during spring training in 1950.

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Well everyone this is a unusual polo grounds seat. as you can see this seat was standing all by its self somewhere in the polo grounds.the seat has the NY logo on both sides.and you can see that the seat was repainted over the years a green color.the colors of my seat were the original colors.

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Here is a nice photo taken in 1935 at the polo grounds showing the giants mel ott and babe ruth when he was with the boston braves.

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Here is a diagram showing both of the stadiums that were located below coogans bluff around 1891. the giants moved from the original polo grounds to manhattan field for the 1889 and 1890 seasons. then the giants moved next door to botherhood park and renamed the stadium the new polo grounds.the giants remained there from 1891 until the 1957 season when they moved to san francisco.you can see in the photo the new polo grounds was located next to the elevated rail yard on 157th street. manhattan field was located next to the the 155th street bridge in the diagram.after manhattan field was torn down the field next to the polo grounds remained empty until they paved the property for the parking lot next to the stadium.
Now the elevated rail yard remained next to the polo grounds third base side until the 1940s when it was torn down for apartments.

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Here is a nice photo of the polo grounds taken around 1940. you can see the rail yard and the water tower next to the third base side of the historic ballpark.8th AVE was beyond centerfield and 157th street is between the polo grounds and the rail yard.coogans bluff is located at the bottom of the photo behind the homeplate side of the stadium.

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Here is a nice photo showing the polo grounds and its parking lot.this photo was taken after the giants left the polo grounds in 1957. this photo is from 1958 to 1962. you can also see in the photo the subway that was located next to the stadium. in the photo you can see a lady going to the subway.

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Here is a photo showing 157th street next to the third base side of the polo grounds.above the street is the elevated line(EL)This line was torn down in the 1940s when the rail yard next to the stadium was torn down for new apartments.

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Here is a great photo showing the polo grounds club house building and the eddie grant memorial which was on the playing field.

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Here is a nice photo of monte irvin, willie mays and hank thompson taken in 1951.

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Here is a nice photo from around 1935 showing 8th ave and the polo grounds. you can see the polo grounds on the left side of the photo. you can also see the elevated line above 8th ave.

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