Yogi Berra and Rocky Colavito at All-Star Game at Fenway

Yogi Berra and Rocky Colavito at All-Star Game at Fenway

Item Information

Title:
Yogi Berra and Rocky Colavito at All-Star Game at Fenway
Description:
New York Yankees Yogi Berra and the Detroit Tigers Rocky Colavito compare bats prior to the 1961 All-Star game at Fenway Park.
Photographer:
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:
July 31, 1961
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
Berra, Yogi, 1925-2015
New York Yankees (Baseball team)
Detroit Tigers (Baseball team)
Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.)
Colavito, Rocky
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Fenway Park
Extent:
1 negative : film, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/sj139v46r
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: Yogi Berra and Norm Cash at All-Star Game at Fenway, July 31, 1961.
Corrected title based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
From 1959 to 1962, Major League Baseball held two All-Star Games each summer. The second 1962 game was held at Fenway Park on July 31. The game ended in a 1-1 tie after 9 innings due to rain (Society for American Baseball Research, 2016).
Accession #:
08_06_036529