Vintage Giants Pics from Life Magazine

by David A. Arnott on Dec 31, 2008 3:50 PM PST

As many of you no doubt know by now, Google is in the midst of archiving and publishing every photograph from Life magazine. While you could seek out Strom Thurmond lifting weights, the craziness of Woodstock, or just about anything else, I prefer to find baseball pictures, especially old Giants-related photos.

In no particular order:

Cards-Giants drew a crowd to Candlestick.

Opening Day, 1958, overlooking Seals Stadium

Willie acknowledges New York fans upon his return as a visiting player in 1962

Create a caption for Willie in the parade?

Marichal

Bonus 49ers pic: Not from the Life archive, but via Uni Watch, the Niners lined up at Kezar.

Um... open awesomeness thread?

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Those are some truly awesome photos.

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by Natto on Dec 31, 2008 4:06 PM PST reply actions

love the marichal shot

also, his right hand is cracking me up.

by FPTV on Dec 31, 2008 4:07 PM PST reply actions

Thanks

Thanks for sharing these great pics!

by djperalta on Dec 31, 2008 5:29 PM PST reply actions

Spectacular

Big props.
And now I miss Candlestick. Who’d have thought that would ever happen?

Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz

by lyricalkiller on Dec 31, 2008 10:00 PM PST reply actions

Kezar

The pressbox appears to sag in the middle.

I was at Candlestick last Sunday for the first time in about 12 years. What a steaming pile. The Niners have to get out of there.

bringing you moral turpitude since 1963

by Idaho Nick on Jan 1, 2009 8:30 AM PST reply actions

I still like it

Yeah it’s old, but you can feel the history when you’re there.

Wall-E for Best Picture 2008

by Useful_Idiot on Jan 1, 2009 1:07 PM PST up reply actions

It's a great place...

…to actually watch a football game. I mean, God help you if you have to take a piss or get a hot dog, but you’ll be in the $500 a game club section in most stadiums with the view you get from a standard upper deck seat in Candlestick.

by Bitter Fan on Jan 3, 2009 2:16 PM PST up reply actions

Niner Shot

Love the KSFO banner; Kezar was slightly ahead of my time, but I had a transistor radio for most of my childhood that never left 560. Niners, Giants (with Lon Simmons broadcasting both), and big band/oldies music when the games weren’t on. That station made one feel like it was still the 1950s. Plus it was easy to find at the very beginning of the dial.

by VidaWantsYourCar on Jan 1, 2009 9:05 AM PST reply actions

Big Bands/Oldies?

“Reminiscing
I feel you’re near
Once more you’re my love
Of yesteryear”

That was the theme song to a radio show KSFO used to run…wait , Gene Nelson was the host , right?
He ran stuff like “The Shadow” and “The Whistler”.

I , too , caught Lon and Russ on a transistor. REALLY good times!

Damn , thanks for the flashback!

Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers

by victor frankenstein on Jan 3, 2009 11:01 AM PST up reply actions

I , too , caught Lon and Russ on a transistor. REALLY good times!

Same here. Listened to a lot of KFRC and KLIV on that transistor too. I think the A’s were on KNBR at the time. with Monte Moore and Harry Caray.

by Sabertooth on Jan 3, 2009 4:33 PM PST up reply actions

vintage pics

Great shots. Can anyone remember the dimensions at Seals stadium? Was that tiny press box in back of home plate “all there was”? A lot of reporters must have been pretty ticked.

by thehondohurricane on Jan 1, 2009 4:01 PM PST reply actions