A framed architectural plan of the original Yankee Stadium baseball park grandstand dating to 1921, two years before the official opening, being an en
£1,000 - £1,500
A framed architectural plan of the original Yankee Stadium baseball park grandstand dating to 1921, two years before the official opening, being an engineer's analysis of the stresses to the grandstand's straight and curved sections trusses & girders, drawn in ink on linen, caption box bottom right reading AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL CLUB OF NEW YORK BASEBALL PARK, STRESS SHEET, THE OSBORN ENGINEERING CO., CLEVELAND, OHIO, DRAWN 11-3-21 BY F.H.R.. 1/8TH SCALE, DRAWING No. 5763-56, framed & glazed, 65 by 96cm. Provenance: This item was part of The Baker Collection, an important collection of historic documents relating to the New York Yankees and Yankee Stadium sold at Guernsey's Auctions in New York in Oct 2008. This was lot 178.