First, credit where credit is due, the source of the photo at the top of this post:
I couldn’t make this a sleuthing post because there is literally no clue as to when this photo was taken except for the snow on the field, which tells us “winter” but not much else.
1954 seems a good estimate for the year; the scoreboard matches, so does the “Ricketts” ad on the building on Waveland (which, if you don’t already know, has nothing to do with the family that currently owns the team, instead it was a restaurant at 2727 N.