Boston Bees Bill Lewis and Al Lopez

Title:: Boston Bees Bill Lewis and Al Lopez
Description:: (l to r:) Boston Bee Bill Lewis and Boston Bee Al Lopez (in civvies).
Photographer:: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:: [ca. June 23, 1936–July 5, 1936]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Glass negatives
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: Leslie Jones Collection
Series:: Sports: Identified [Baseball]
Subjects:: Baseball players
Boston Braves (Baseball team)
Lopez, Al, 1908-2005
Extent:: 1 negative : glass, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5x21vh46d
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: Red Sox, n.d.
Corrected title and date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research in 2010-2011, 2014-2015 and also on verified information supplied by a Flickr user in October 2011.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
Back-up catcher Bill Lewis started only 16 games for the Bees in 1936. 10 of them occurred between June 23 and July 5, almost certainly while Boston's regular backstop, Al Lopez, was out with a banged-up right hand (Society for American Baseball Research, 2014-2015).
Accession #:: 08_06_010553

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