Click on any of these photos for a larger view, in this pictorial summary of Metropolitan Stadium's first few years.
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| 1955 |
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| Aerial view, 1955 - Cedar Ave. running diagonal through mid - photo. |
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| Winter, 1955 |
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| Construction workers, 1956 |
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| Met Stadium home team dugout, 1956 |
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| View from south east, ca. 1956 |
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| 1960 - note absence of bleachers in left, right, foul territories. Cedar Avenue and the 494 cloverleaf is in the background. |
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Inaugural season for the Twins, 1961. Lower pavillion in place in left, bleachers in right. Right Field foul would be completed during 1961, left field upperdeck in 1965. |
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| Pre-1965 field panorama |
A well-done history of The Met can be found at SABR biographies / articles section.
As our old friend at the mic, Herb Carneal, would say: "...and the count rides along." - TT
I LOVE these photos. I always am amazed at how fast Bloomington grew from '55 to '65 - from farmland to the Strip and the expanded airport in 10 years. By the time you and I were going to the Met, it was "old" - it has been around 15+ years. Excellent work my friend!
ReplyDeleteYESSIR, THE AREA CERTAINLY HAD A JURRASSIC ERA FEEL TO IT. LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT INSTALLMENT IN THE SERIES, GOOD HISTORY. THANKS, GREG!
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