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April 26, 2010

hilldale park, 1919

Kevin Johnson has found a Sanborn map of Hilldale Park in 1919. Kevin notes that Green Cathedrals lists the park’s dimensions as LF 315 CF 400 RF 370, but here left field looks bigger. (Scale is 200 feet to one inch, after you click on the image to enlarge it to full size.)

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Posted by Gary Ashwill on April 26, 2010 at 01:41 PM in hilldale club, negro league ballparks | Permalink

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Cuurently the site of a CVS Drug Store, if Google Maps is to be believed. (Bunting is now called McDade Blvd)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&gl=us&hl=en&g=Hilldale,+PA&q=darby+pa&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Darby,+Delaware,+Pennsylvania&ll=39.923849,-75.255452&spn=0.002781,0.004748&t=h&z=18

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