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Fans scaling the wall at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, 1903 World Series

1 pp 1903

Taken on October 3, 1903, before game three of the first World Series between the Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Formal portrait of Michael "King" Kelly

1 pp 1887

The image is probably an enlargement of an original photograph that has been retouched.

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Frank Chance and Hugh Jennings, 1907 World Series

1 pp 1906

Frank Chance of the Chicago Cubs and Hugh Jennings of the Detroit Tigers. The Cubs won the series four games to one.

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Fred Hoey, Athens, Georgia

1 pp 1913

Fred Hoey was a sportswriter for the Boston Post, Boston Journal and Boston American. Taken in March of 1913 during Boston Red Sox Spring Training in Athens, Georgia.

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Ground Breaking Ceremony for the Huntington Avenue Grounds

1 pp 1901

The Huntington Avenue Grounds were built on a parcel formerly owned by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad across the tracks from the South End Grounds where the Boston National League Team played. Michael T. McGreevy stands to the left holding the Brownie camera. Also identifiable are General Arthur "Hi Hi" Dixwell, with the shovel, to the right of Dixwell, Mike Sullivan, former pitcher and Massachusetts State Senator.

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Ground Breaking Ceremony for the Huntington Avenue Grounds

1 pp 1901

This image is almost identical to McGreevy No. 39. Taken on March 12, 1901.

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Hardy Richardson of the Boston Players League team

1 pp 1887

Cabinet card portrait of Boston left fielder Richardson; cigarette card from Old Judge Cigarettes. Photograph had been mounted on board with 5 other individual cabinet card portraits by Goodwin and one 1891 team picture by Conly.

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Homecoming Dinner for the World's Tour Players, Hotel Biltmore, New York

1 pp 1914

Players and baseball men at black tie dinner after the tour of two all-star baseball teams that played exhibition games in various countries.

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Interior of Third Base, Michael T. McGreevy's Saloon

1 pp 1916

Unofficial headquarters of the Boston Royal Rooters at 940 Columbus Avenue in the Roxbury Crossing neighborhood. The saloon was located near both the South End Grounds and the Huntington Avenue Grounds. The McGreevy Collection is comprised primarily of the photographs that decorated McGreevy's Third Base.

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Jerry Watson at the 1903 World Series

1 pp 1903

Taken during a game in Pittsburgh between the Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates, note the beanpot hanging from the flagpole. Michael T. McGreevy is visible at lower right of the image.

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Jim Corbett and John McGraw

1 pp 1901

Heavyweight boxer James J. Corbett, nicknamed Gentleman Jim, and John McGraw, player and longtime manager with the New York Giants.

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John F. Fitzgerald throws out the first ball of the season at the Huntington Avenue Grounds

1 pp 1910

Taken during one of Fitzgerald's terms as Mayor of Boston (1906-1907; 1910-1911), Fitzgerald's daughter Rose is to the right looking up at her father. Rose would marry Joseph Kennedy and become matriarch of an American political dynasty.

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Fans scaling the wall at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, 1903 World Series

Formal portrait of Michael "King" Kelly

Frank Chance and Hugh Jennings, 1907 World Series

Fred Hoey, Athens, Georgia

Ground Breaking Ceremony for the Huntington Avenue Grounds

Ground Breaking Ceremony for the Huntington Avenue Grounds

Hardy Richardson of the Boston Players League team

Homecoming Dinner for the World's Tour Players, Hotel Biltmore, New York

Interior of Third Base, Michael T. McGreevy's Saloon

Jerry Watson at the 1903 World Series

Jim Corbett and John McGraw

John F. Fitzgerald throws out the first ball of the season at the Huntington Avenue Grounds