Bees hitting during home opener against Brooklyn
Item Information
- Title:
- Bees hitting during home opener against Brooklyn
- Description:
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Boston Bees batter Max West swings away in front of an unknown Brooklyn Dodgers catcher and home plate umpire Bill Klem during the April 16, 1940 season opener at Braves Field.
- Photographer:
- Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
- Date:
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April 16, 1940
- Format:
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Photographs
- Genre:
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Film negatives
Group portraits
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Leslie Jones Collection
- Series:
- Sports: Identified [Baseball]
- Subjects:
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Baseball players
Baseball
Baseball umpires
Boston Braves (Baseball team)
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Braves Field (Boston, Mass.)
- Places:
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Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Allston
Braves Field (Boston, Mass.)
- Extent:
- 1 negative : film, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wd375x127
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) Leslie Jones.
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
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Original data provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Braves hitting during home opener against Brooklyn, 1940-1941.
Corrected title and date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
The Boston Bees opened the 1940 season at home against the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 16. The Brooklyn Dodgers catcher is either Babe Phelps or Gus Mancuso. Phelps was ejected by Klem in the 3rd inning and replaced by Mancuso (Society for American Baseball Research, 2016).
- Accession #:
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08_06_036706
