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YANKEE STADIUM CORNERSTONE
THIS PIECE IS THE ORIGINAL STONE MONUMENT THAT STOOD IN FRONT OF YANKEE STADIUM IN THE FRONT WALL OF THE ENTRANCE. REFERRED TO AS THE "CORNERSTONE" IT SYMBOLIZED THE DAWN OF A NEW YANKEE ERA FOR THE OPENING OF THE STADIUM IN 1923. FOR FIFTY YEARS IT SHONE IN THE ORIGINAL FASCADE UNTIL 1972/73 WHEN YANKEE STADIUM UNDERWENT A MAJOR RENOVATION. MUCH OF THE REMMANTS OF THE ORIGINAL STADIUM WERE MARKETED INCLUDING THE SEATS AND SIGNS. THE PERSON WHO HANDLED THE SALE OF THESE ITEMS KEPT THIS HISTORIC PIECE FOR HIMSELF AND IT WAS DISPLAYED IN HIS GARDEN FOR TWENTY YEARS.
THIS STONE WHICH WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 150LBS. IS APPROXIMATELY 36 X 28 INCHES. IT IS MADE OF STONE WITH A MARBELIZED FACE. IT FEATURES THE LOGO "NY" SURROUNDED BY A SCROLLED PATTERN IN YELLOW, BLACK AND WHITE WITH A YELLOW SUNRISE. IT IS OF AN ART-DECO STYLE CONSISTENT WITH THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE EARLY 20'S.
THE WAS THE SYMBOL OF "THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT."
THIS PIECE IS THE ORIGINAL STONE MONUMENT THAT STOOD IN FRONT OF YANKEE STADIUM IN THE FRONT WALL OF THE ENTRANCE. REFERRED TO AS THE "CORNERSTONE" IT SYMBOLIZED THE DAWN OF A NEW YANKEE ERA FOR THE OPENING OF THE STADIUM IN 1923. FOR FIFTY YEARS IT SHONE IN THE ORIGINAL FASCADE UNTIL 1972/73 WHEN YANKEE STADIUM UNDERWENT A MAJOR RENOVATION. MUCH OF THE REMMANTS OF THE ORIGINAL STADIUM WERE MARKETED INCLUDING THE SEATS AND SIGNS. THE PERSON WHO HANDLED THE SALE OF THESE ITEMS KEPT THIS HISTORIC PIECE FOR HIMSELF AND IT WAS DISPLAYED IN HIS GARDEN FOR TWENTY YEARS.
THIS STONE WHICH WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 150LBS. IS APPROXIMATELY 36 X 28 INCHES. IT IS MADE OF STONE WITH A MARBELIZED FACE. IT FEATURES THE LOGO "NY" SURROUNDED BY A SCROLLED PATTERN IN YELLOW, BLACK AND WHITE WITH A YELLOW SUNRISE. IT IS OF AN ART-DECO STYLE CONSISTENT WITH THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE EARLY 20'S.
THE WAS THE SYMBOL OF "THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT."