City - Pittsburgh, PA - Forbes field - Opening Day 1912 - Side by Side Art Print

Hand colored photo from 1912
Original Title: Entrance to Forbe's Field
Photographer: Detroit Publishing
Location: Roughly near 232 S Bouquet St, Pittsburgh, PA

This is Forbe's Field, started construction in 1903 in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. It officially opened on June 30 1910. The ballpark was named after John Forbe's, a British general during the French and Indian War. Forbes is known for capturing Fort Duquesne which was held by the French, and named the city "Pittsburgh". The stadium survived till about 1970, it was torn down in 1971 so they can expand the University of Pittsburgh.

It may not look it, but coloring just those flags, took almost a day. There were so many lines, so many hidden flags. The banner, I'm not sure what order the color is supposed to be. I've seen it both ways, with blue on the bottom or top. I went with traditional flag colors and used a darker blue for contrast. I made yet another blue for the shields for color texture.
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