"2000 Loads of Sand in Three Days: Can we do it, Watch us" (1916)
Description:
This photograph shows a sign that was used during the construction of Springfield College's Pratt Field. The sign is on a wooden post and reads "2000 Loads of Sand in Three Days: Can we do it, Watch us." There is a scale showing the loads of sand (from 125-2000), with the number reading 625 loads the day it was taken. There is a shovel resting on the wooden post and a wall along the backside of the image. The picture was taken during 1916. 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 surrounded the field. The entrances were designed by Edward Lippincourt Tilton, who also designed Judd Gymnasium and the Marsh Memorial Building. Pratt field is still used today for track and field, though it has since been renamed as Blake Field.
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