Gov. Saltonstall throws out first ball at Fenway as Connie Mack, Tom Yawkey and Joe Cronin look on

Gov. Saltonstall throws out first ball at Fenway as Connie Mack, Tom Yawkey and Joe Cronin look on

Item Information

Title:
Gov. Saltonstall throws out first ball at Fenway as Connie Mack, Tom Yawkey and Joe Cronin look on
Description:
(l to r:) Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack, Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, Gov. Saltonstall, and Boston Red Sox manager Joe Cronin during First Ball ceremony at Fenway Park.
Photographer:
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:
1939
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Film negatives
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Leslie Jones Collection
Series:
Sports: Identified [Baseball]
Subjects:
Governors
Baseball managers
Stadiums
Sports spectators
Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.)
Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979
Yawkey, Thomas A., 1903-1976
Cronin, Joe, 1906-1984
Mack, Connie, 1862-1956
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/nz807f58q
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: Gov. Saltonstall throws out first ball at Fenway as Connie Mack, Tom Yawkey and Joe Cronin look on, 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.
Accession #:
08_06_027485