Yankee Stadium Ticket Booth
date: label: Date made
content: 1923
name: label: played at
content: Ruth, Babe
label: user
content: New York Yankees
notes: label: Description
content: Ticket booth from the original Yankee Stadium.
label: Description
content: In 1923 the New York Yankees baseball team built a new $2.4 million dollar ballpark in the Bronx. Yankee Stadium, with its triple-decked seating and copper roof, was built to reflect the newfound status of the Yankees as being one of the most popular teams in the sport. The Stadium was one of many new massive sporting arenas built during the era to accommodate the growing throngs of spectators.
label: Description
content: The reason for the Yankee's newfound popularity is directly attributable to the club's 1919 acquisition of outfielder George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1895-1948.) His popularity was such that he quickly became the biggest draw in baseball. The new Yankee Stadium was immediately dubbed The House that Ruth Built.
label: Description
content: Ruth was essential in creating what became known as the the Yankee Dynasty, with the team currently in possession of 27 World Series trophies, the most of any team.
label: Description
content: The stadium served as a home for other sporting events, such as negro league baseball, professional boxing, and collegiate and professional football. It also served as a place of public gathering, hosting concerts and religous services.
label: Description
content: The Yankee's played their final game in the stadium in 2008, moving to their new home, also called Yankee Stadium. Final demolition of the old park was completed in 2010.
label: Description
content: The booth retains graffiti markings made by Bronx residents in the early 1970s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, Bronx
label: associated institution
content: United States: New York, Bronx, Yankee Stadium
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Sports & Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: New York Yankees
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310894.01
label: accession number
content: 310894
label: catalog number
content: 310894.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ticket booth
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 91 in x 82 in x 82 in; 231.14 cm x 208.28 cm x 208.28 cm