Leverett Saltonstall throws out first ball at Fenway

Leverett Saltonstall throws out first ball at Fenway

Item Information

Title:
Leverett Saltonstall throws out first ball at Fenway
Description:
Massachusetts Governor Leverett Saltonstall (with back to camera) chats with Red Sox team owner Tom Yawkey (facing camera) and others prior to throwing out first ball on Opening Day at Fenway Park.
Photographer:
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:
[ca. 1939]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Film negatives
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Leslie Jones Collection
Series:
Sports: Identified [Baseball]
Subjects:
Baseball
Sports spectators
Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.)
Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979
Yawkey, Thomas A., 1903-1976
Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 negative : film, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/nz807f48g
Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) Leslie Jones.
All rights reserved.
Notes:
Title and date from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
Leverett Saltonstall was governor for three of the years that the Red Sox hosted the Athletics on Opening Day -- 1939, 1940, and 1942 (Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011).
Accession #:
08_06_027480