Joe Cronin, Red Sox manager, and Joe McCarthy, Yankees manager, talk with Gov. Saltonstall at Fenway

Joe Cronin, Red Sox manager, and Joe McCarthy, Yankees manager, talk with Gov. Saltonstall at Fenway

Item Information

Title:
Joe Cronin, Red Sox manager, and Joe McCarthy, Yankees manager, talk with Gov. Saltonstall at Fenway
Description:
(l to r:) Boston Red Sox manager Joe Cronin, Massachusetts Governor Saltonstall, and New York Yankee manager Joe McCarthy at Fenway Park for Opening Day.
Photographer:
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:
[ca. 1943–1944]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Film negatives
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Leslie Jones Collection
Series:
Sports: Identified [Baseball]
Subjects:
Baseball managers
Governors
Sports spectators
New York Yankees (Baseball team)
Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.)
Cronin, Joe, 1906-1984
Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979
McCarthy, Joe (Joseph), 1887-1978
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/nz807f32k
Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) Leslie Jones.
All rights reserved.
Notes:
Original data provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Joe Cronin, Red Sox manager, and Joe McCarthy, Yankees manager, talk with Gov. Saltonstall at Fenway, ca. 1940
Corrected date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
While Leverett Saltonstall was governor of Massachusetts (1939-1945), Boston's only two home openers against the New York Yankees with these managers in charge were in 1943 and 1944 (Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011).
Accession #:
08_06_027472