Paper on board with iron hangers and measuring two foot by one foot, this two sided Yale Bowl sign had a second life as a sign to the circus held at the Bowl. This sign was likely from the twenties or thirties.
Due to the location of the Yale Bowl, trolleys were the primary means of transportation to football games for many of the 60,000 fans. New Haven had a large fleet of trolleys specifically to bring fans from downtown New Haven to the Bowl.
Open cars at the Yale Bowl. The last trip for trolleys to the Yale Bowl was on November 22, 1947. (George Baehr Collection, Shore Line Trolley Museum)
Connecticut Company's barn (George Baehr Collection, Shore Line Trolley Museum)
Riding to the Game (Cliff Scofield Collection, Shore Line Trolley Museum)
A special thanks to Michael Schreiber, curator of the Shore Line Trolley Museum.
Note (added July 23, 2020): We recently obtained a copy of "Yale Bowl and The Open Trolleys", Somers, 1996. Imagine, a book specific to this subject. I was unaware of this very interesting book dealing with the intertwined history of trolleys, football, Yale Field and the Yale Bowl. Some fifteen early photos in this book picture trolleys bearing "Yale Bowl" signs.
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