Today is the 50th anniversary of the opening of Dodger Stadium. These images from the USC Digital Library show the stadium’s progress from concept to construction site to sports venue.

To learn more about the history and controversial origins of Dodger Stadium, see L.A. as Subject’s post from last April, “A History of L.A.’s Baseball Stadiums: Stars, Angels, the Battle for Chavez Ravine.”

A faded Mount Lowe billboard in Alhambra, papered over by election posters in 1962.

1963 aerial photo of Palm Springs and Mount San Jacinto

December 1960: L.A. debuts tests a new design for street signs painted on the road surface.

LAX’s Theme Building under construction on this day in 1960. Airport Commission president Don Belding waves a flag in the foreground.

Film producer and entertainment mogul Walt Disney was born on this day in 1901. In this 1960 photo from our L.A. Examiner Collection, Disney accompanies his grandchildren on a train ride at Disneyland.

Aerial view of Marina Del Rey, 1963

November 8, 1961: Four men play a pickup baseball game on the Dodger Stadium construction site. Dodger Stadium celebrated its official opening day several months later, on April 10, 1962.

On this day in 1961: L.A. County Air Pollution Control Division inspectors take radiation samples.

Dodger Stadium under construction on this day in 1961.