Gov. Herter throws out the first ball as Lou Boudreau, Red Sox manager, and Bucky Harris, Senators Manager, look on.

Gov. Herter throws out the first ball as Lou Boudreau, Red Sox manager, and Bucky Harris, Senators Manager, look on.

Item Information

Title:
Gov. Herter throws out the first ball as Lou Boudreau, Red Sox manager, and Bucky Harris, Senators Manager, look on.
Description:
Massachusetts Governor Christian Herter throws out the ceremonial first pitch flanked by Boston Red Sox manager Lou Boudreau and Washington Senators Manager Bucky Harris on Opening Day, 1954, at Fenway Park.
Photographer:
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:
April 15, 1954
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Film negatives
Group portraits
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Leslie Jones Collection
Series:
Sports: Identified [Baseball]
Subjects:
Baseball players
Governors
Baseball managers
Baseball
Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966
Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.)
Harris, Bucky, 1896-1977
Boudreau, Lou, 1917-2001
Washington Senators (Baseball team : 1901-1960)
Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Fenway Park
Extent:
1 negative : film, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/sj139v32d
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: Gov. Herter throws out the first ball as Lou Boudreau, Red Sox manager, and Bucky Harris, Senators Manager, look on, April 1954.
Corrected date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
Accession #:
08_06_036522