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1950s Busch Stadium
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1950s
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PUBLISHER
- Colourpicture
Publishers Inc
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SIZE - 3
1/2" x 5 1/2"
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PRICE GUIDE
- $10.00-$15.00
Very Good
- Excellent condition
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In 1953, the Anheuser-Busch brewery
bought the St. Louis Cardinals, and
August "Gussie" Busch became team
president. Busch wanted to change the
name of Sportsman’s Park to Budweiser
Stadium, but the league balked at
having a ballpark named after a beer.
By 1954 Gussie Busch spent over a
million dollars renovating the
ballpark.
These mid 1950s Busch Stadium souvenir postcard shows off the newly
renovated Budweiser scoreboard.
Constructed in 1938 as one of the
biggest in baseball, the board featured
inning-by-inning scores from other
major league games. After new owner
August Busch Jr. came aboard in 1953,
an animated light sequence of a Redbird
hitting a ball was added to celebrate
each Cardinal home run
The postcard above reads; "BUSH STADIUM
"Home of the Cardinals" Grand & Dodier
Sts., St Louis, Mo. The Stadium was
renovated from top to bottom in 1954.
It is now one of the finest most modern
ball parks in the Major Leagues.
Seating Capacity is 30,500 persons."
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1950s Busch Stadium
souvenir postcards |
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Colourpicture
Publishers Inc. Postcard |
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Postcard Published by James
Tetrick, Kansas City, MO. |
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