McGreevey Collection›Raising the Championship Flag, Opening Day

Publication:

US, Boston Public Library Collections, 1800-1900

Category:

Photographs

Collection:

McGreevey Collection

Title:

Raising the Championship Flag, Opening Day

BPLDC:

06_06_000002

Location:

McGreevey Collection

Creator:

unidentified

Date:

1904

BPL Department:

Print Department

Long Description:

Captain Jimmie Collins of the Boston Americans raises the first championship flag on Opening Day of 1904, in celebration of winning the first World Series, as the Boston Americans and the Washington Nationals look on. Cy Young is fourth from right, Candy LaChance is third from right.

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.