A photograph of the entrance to Pratt Field during the time that Springfield College was the International YMCA Training School. There are four large white pillars and a sidewalk leading up to the entrance. The gate is closed in this picture. The blechers are visible through the gate and there is a sign to the right of the entrance for Pratt field. In the left side of the picture, Is Luther Halsey Culick's old House that eventually will become the College's Student Union and some trees are visible. The driveway in front of the entrance is visible too. Pratt Field was a gift of Mr. Herbert L. Pratt. It consisted, originally, of a quarter-mile track, 220 yard straightaway twenty-four feet wide, eleven runaways and pits for jumping and vaulting, seven tennis courts, a football field, and a baseball diamond. An eight-foot high reinforced concrete fence surrounds the field. The entrances were designed by Edward Lippincourt Tilton, who also designed Springfield's Judd Gymnasium and the Marsh Memorial Building. Part of Pratt field is still used today for track and field, however the name was changed to Blake Field. The bottom right corner has a crease indicating it was folded.
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