Title supplied by cataloger.; Image is a copy print. Built by Earl Gilmore, Gilmore Stadium opened in May 1934 and was demolished in 1952. The first professional football team in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Bulldogs played at Gilmore. Before the neighboring Gilmore Field opened in 1939, the Hollywood Stars, a Pacific Coast League baseball team used Gilmore Stadium for their home games. Photograph caption dated April 5, 1939 reads, "Here is a general view of the debut of Coast League baseball in Hollywood yesterday. Scene is of the Hollywood-Portland game, won by the Stars, 9-5. Crowd of 3500 turned out to watch the game."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Hollywood Stars (Baseball team) Gilmore Field (Fairfax, Los Angeles, Calif.) Baseball--California--Los Angeles Baseball players--United States Stadiums--California--Los Angeles Spectators--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Fairfax (Los Angeles) Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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