[John Francis Fitzgerald, mayor of Boston, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, Hank Gowdy, Mr. Gaffney, and others, on opening day of the World Series, Boston] – Vintage Photo Print
![[John Francis Fitzgerald, mayor of Boston, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, Hank Gowdy, Mr. Gaffney, and others, on opening day of the World Series, Boston], 1914 Oct. 10. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/31/31472ada4205-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [John Francis Fitzgerald, mayor of Boston, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, Hank Gowdy, Mr. Gaffney, and others, on opening day of the World Series, Boston], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[John Francis Fitzgerald, mayor of Boston, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, Hank Gowdy, Mr. Gaffney, and others, on opening day of the World Series, Boston]
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John F. "Honey" Fitzgerald, the mayor of Boston, stands at full length and faces the camera in a group that includes Braves catcher Hank Gowdy and a man identified only as Mr. Gaffney, taken on opening day of the 1914 World Series. That year the Boston Braves, who had sat near the bottom of the National League standings as late as July, surprised baseball by sweeping the favored Philadelphia Athletics in four games. The photograph came from the Bain News Service, a New York agency that sold pictures to newspapers, so it reflects how eagerly the press covered both the Series and the city's rally behind its team.
| Created / published | 1914 Oct. 10. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1910-1920.Group portraits 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Bain News Service photograph. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Fitzgerald, John Francis,--1863-1950. Gowdy, Harry,--1889-1966. Boston Braves (Baseball team). World Series (Baseball)--1910-1920. Baseball players--Massachusetts--Boston--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,615 × 4,034 px · prints to 19 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 18455u John Francis Fitzgerald, mayor of Boston, |
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