SF Public Library -- Historical Photographs

Photo Id#	AAC-5322
Title	[Harvey Spargo and Shorty Schurr removing home base from the field at Seals Stadium] [graphic].
Date	1959 Oct. 5.
Description	1 photographic print : b&w. ; 24 x 23 cm. (9 1/2 x 9 in.)
Location	Folder: S.F. Stadiums-Seals.
Reproduction Rights	Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library. S. F. News-Call Bulletin photo by George Place.
Notes	Newscopy: "An era of 29 years was ended in 30 seconds today when Groundskeeper Harvey Spargo ripped up home plate at Seals Stadium. And he wasn't happy... he's been at the doomed ball park since 1930. Shorty Schurr propels the wheelbarrow on the sad circuit of basepaths trod by many baseball greats."
Copy Negative	Negative #5271.
Subject	Buildings -- California -- San Francisco.
	Stadiums -- Seals.
	San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Series	San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Source	San Francisco News-Call Bulletin.