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"Skelly Stadium, Seating Capacity 15,000, University of Tulsa, Okla. Photo by Engineers Aerial Surveys, Tulsa, Okla.6A-H1632." This is an unused Curt Teich CT Art Colortone card published for Oklahoma News Co. What I found on the Internet is interesting because this card was published in 1936 (see Teich dating system of 6A-H1632) but this information on the Internet does not jive with the title of this card. From the Internet: "When the stadium was constructed in 1930 it was originally named Skelly Field, but was changed to Skelly Stadium in 1947 when 5,000 seats were added to north end zone. For more than seventy years, Skelly Field has been the home field for University of Tulsa football. Opening Skelly Field was a dream come true for Coach Elmer "Gloomy Gus" Henderson. Before Tulsa played its home games in Skelly Field the Golden Hurricane used McNulty Park, the minor league stadium that was the forerunner of Oiler Park. McNulty was located near the corner of 11th street and Elgin. An unprecedented wave of prosperity swept over America in 1928 and wealthy Tulsa oil men began listening to Henderson's dream. The trustees were proceeding with plans for a stadium on faith that a donor would appear. In April, 1930, William Skelly, a long-time friend of the University, gave $125,000 to the stadium fund if another $175,000 could be raised. The remaining money was raised by Tulsa businessmen who organized the Stadium Corporation of Tulsa. Ground-breaking ceremonies were held on May 11, 1930 and the building race was on to complete the stadium for the upcoming season. Skelly Field opened on October 4, 1930 against Arkansas. Although it had a seating capacity of 14,500, records show that 13,000 spectators were on hand for the game. Skelly Field was the original name, but changed in 1947 to "Stadium" when the north end zone seats were added." Please email if you have questions or need more pictures of this item. I will be listing many old and rare books and postcards this week, so if this is your interest, you may want to check my other listings, because combined wins save on shipping costs. The winner will pay with PayPal, check or money order and adds $1 for mailing within the USA. Please check with me for cost to send to other countries.
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