McGreevey Collection›Fans on the field at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, 1903 World Series

Publication:

US, Boston Public Library Collections, 1800-1900

Category:

Photographs

Collection:

McGreevey Collection

Title:

Fans on the field at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, 1903 World Series

BPLDC:

06_06_000127

Location:

McGreevey Collection

Creator:

unidentified

Date:

1903

BPL Department:

Print Department

Long Description:

Photograph was published in the Boston Globe on Monday, October 5, 1903. Shows fans on the field before game three on October 3, 1903. The fans had broken through a rope barrier designed to keep the standing room crowd deep in the outfield and are seen ringing the infield. Police wielding bats and rubber hoses beat the crowd back.

Material:

Photograph

BPL Reference Number:

[Blank]

About US, Boston Public Library Collections, 1800-1900

Historical and documentary photographs, with an emphasis on New England and the Boston region, from the collections of the Boston Public Library.