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.”

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.

Dodger Stadium under construction on this day in 1961.

Class review at the new United States Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Armory in Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles, on this day in 1941. After graduation, the 250 sailors were assigned to fleet communications posts around the world.