Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Mich.

Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Mich.
Year: 
1939
Publisher: 
Chaffee and Co., Inc.
Type(s): 
Postcard
Identifier(s): 
65054
Language: 
English
Source: 
Mike Skreptak Collection; Dexter Box
Notes: 
Postmarked 1939; Briggs Stadium was a baseball park located in the Corktown area of Detroit Michigan (now 2121 Trumbull Avenue); known by different names at different times: Bennett Park (1895-1912), Navin Field (1912-1937), Briggs Stadium (1938-1960) and Tiger Stadium (1960-1999); it hosted Detroit Tiger Major League Baseball games 1912-1999 and Detroit Lion National Football League games 1938-1974; the stadium was demolished in 2009, though volunteers have restored and maintained the original playing field; addressed to Miss Portia Smith.
Subject(s): 
Briggs Stadium (Detroit)
Tiger Stadium (Detroit)
Bennett Park (Detroit)
Navin Park (Detroit)
Stadiums
Parks
Trumbull Avenue (Detroit)
Baseball
Football
Place(s): 
Detroit (Michigan)
Rights: 
Public Domain
Repository: 
University of Windsor. Leddy Library
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