Ruppert, Al Smith & wife opening day Yankee Stad., 4/19/23 – Antique Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Ruppert, Al Smith & wife opening day Yankee Stad., 4/19/23. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Ruppert, Al Smith & wife opening day Yankee Stad., 4/19/23
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Here the detail that sets this picture apart is the pairing of Jacob Ruppert, the brewer who owned the New York Yankees, with Governor Al Smith and his wife. The record dates the glass negative to April 19, 1923, one day after Yankee Stadium opened in the Bronx with a game against the Boston Red Sox. Smith was serving his second stint as New York's governor, so the visit signaled how the new ballpark drew political as well as sporting attention. The Bain News Service, a Manhattan photo agency, made the negative, though its title is unverified.
| Created / published | 4/19/23. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,290 × 2,971 px · prints to 14 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-36968 |
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