Dodgers hitting during Bees home opener

Title:: Dodgers hitting during Bees home opener
Description:: During the April 16, 1940 season opener at Braves Field, Brooklyn Dodgers lead-off hitter centerfielder Charlie Gilbert swings away in front of Boston Bees catcher Al Lopez and home plate umpire Bill Klem.
Photographer:: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:: April 16, 1940
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
Baseball
Baseball umpires
Boston Braves (Baseball team)
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Braves Field (Boston, Mass.)
Lopez, Al, 1908-2005
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Allston
Braves Field (Boston, Mass.)
Extent:: 1 negative : film, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wd375x14s
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: Dodgers hitting during Braves home opener, 1940-1941.
Corrected title and date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
The Boston Bees opened the 1940 season at home against the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 16. Rookie centerfielder Charlie Gilbert was leading off and making his Major League debut for the Dodgers (Society for American Baseball Research, 2016).
Accession #:: 08_06_036707

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