Baseball Game in Santa Monica

Santa Monica baseball teams, the Leans and the Fats, on the field for a game. A handwritten note indicates that the site of the field is where the "present City Hall" is located. The location is likely the area west of the Santa Monica City Hall building constructed in the 1930s, which was once an ostrich farm and was established as Tongva Park in 2013. Photograph inscribed: "The Leans and the Fats, Baseball Game at Santa Monica, CAL. Nov. 26, 1896, H. F. Rile, Photo. Photograph inscribed (handwritten): "Tom Vandergrift; sight of present City Hall." On verso: Promotional advertisement for Pacific Photograph Gallery, H. F. Rile, Artist.