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Show GREAT SESQUI STADIUM OPENED AT PI HLADELPi IIA The giant arena In thecentre of the Sesqul-Centen-nlal International Exposition site in Philadelphia was built In approxima.eiy 3UU working days. It was completed com-pleted and In use a month -before the opening of the bis exposition which celebrates the 150ch anniversary of the signing of the bclaraii.m of independence. This photograph, photo-graph, made from the air, shows nearly 3.000 boys on the playing field., massed there for the dedicatory exer- Photo AEI'.O Service Corporation. cises on May 1 which formally opened the structure. In the stand3 are sealed 10.000 persons watching the program. pro-gram. A group of 10.000 p'ertor.s is a large crowd but thoy are only a "drop in the tniUiet" in the big Philadelphia Philadel-phia Bta.dium. The boys paraded onto the field to the accompaniment of fourteen bands and lliere went through their drills and athletic exercises for the benefit of city officials and parents. |