Al Lang Stadium

Wrigley Wax once again was a great photo detective, identifying the location of this Lou Burdette card as Al Lang Stadium.

He also linked to this great photo from the Tampa Bay Times, which clearly shows both the hotel and the ballpark.

This made me wonder about the hotel in the background (I couldn't find a name for it, it's not there now). Was it the location of the "house" visible in many junkwax-era Cardinals cards? Here are some examples - that "house" always intrigued me, as it looked so odd on a baseball card. Obviously, it's not the same building - too small and too close to the field.

It was some kind of fieldhouse behind the ballpark, as seen in this photo from Digital Ballparks.