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49ers embracing past during their 70th season

SAN FRANCISCO

The 49ers prepare for games in a walnut-lined locker room with flat-screen TVs on every wall, and they have the option of entering their playing field through one of Levi’s Stadium’s ritzy clubs.

But they were struck Wednesday by the humble, spartan feel of the team’s original stadium.

“The bathrooms in there were from, like, the 1940s, and I thought that was cool,” right tackle Anthony Davis said after Wednesday’s 90-minute practice at Kezar Stadium, the 49ers’ home from 1946 to 1970.

Said left tackle Joe Staley of the dark, dank tunnel that leads to the field: “That’s like old-school gladiator stuff.