A Look Back: Salt Lake City's ballpark in the 1930s and '40s

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The Salt Lake Tribune occasionally presents images from its archives in a special series called A Look Back. This installment features photos of Salt Lake City's diamond in 1930s and 1940s. The ballpark, first built as Community Park, was later rebuilt as Derks Field. It is now the site of Spring Mobile Ballpark.

Utah college life from the 1930s to 1960s • http://bit.ly/rKskme

Key moments in Utah Jazz history • http://bit.ly/pErnml

Historical buildings in Salt Lake City • http://bit.ly/ntHZcl

Dugway Chemical Warfare Depot during World War II • http://bit.ly/oMfO57

Kennecott Utah Copper Mine in the 1930s and 1940s • http://bit.ly/qwqapW

The Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s and 1940s • http://bit.ly/ob9taQ

The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks • http://bit.ly/q561uw

Salt Lake City's Memory Grove Park • http://bit.ly/pJduHw

Hill Air Force Base in the 1940s and 1950s • http://bit.ly/oKwZiO

Women's fashion from 1949-50 • http://bit.ly/qyizm9

Salt Lake City in the 1900s • http://bit.ly/n8LwlY

Salt Lake City and other Utah cities in the 1800s • http://bit.ly/pWOlBH

Images from court actions against polygamous men in the 1940s • http://bit.ly/oMgRlu

The centennial Days of '47 parade in downtown Salt Lake City from July 1947 • http://bit.ly/nKcYLJ

Mining town of Mercur, Utah • http://bit.ly/qApcTy

NASA history • http://bit.ly/oCO1RR

Vintage aircraft from around Utah • http://bit.ly/irhYBd

Stereoscopic images of Eureka, Utah, in the early 1900s • http://bit.ly/jF02nD

Salt Lake City's Liberty Park from 1935 to 1951 • http://bit.ly/kkKQc6

Historical images of the 100-year-old Hotel Utah, which is now The Joseph Smith Memorial Building • http://bit.ly/mI7JB8

People and events in Salt Lake City from the 1930s, '40s and '50s • http://bit.ly/kAUB9j

Historical images of Sugar House • http://bit.ly/jHQhnX

Aerial images of Salt Lake City in the 1960s • http://bit.ly/iRGaoN

Every gallery of the series is available at http://www.sltrib.com/topics/lookback