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Boston Bees players on clubhouse steps

File name: 08_06_010634

 

Title: Boston Bees players on clubhouse steps

 

Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)

 

Date created: 1937-05

 

Physical description: 1 negative : glass, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.

 

Summary: (l to r:) Boston Bee Ray Mueller and Boston Bee Wally Berger. Both players have broken fingers.

 

Genre: Glass negatives

 

Subjects: Boston Braves (Baseball team); Baseball players

 

Notes: Original data provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Boston Braves players on clubhouse steps, 1937; Corrected title and date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.; Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.; Wally Berger was injured in the season opener on April 19 at Braves Field (against the Phillies). He didn't play again until May 13 and was traded to the New York Giants on June 15. Ray Mueller was out of the Braves line-up from April 20 until May 5 (Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011).

 

Collection: Leslie Jones Collection

 

Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department

 

Rights: Copyright © Leslie Jones.

 

Preferred citation: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.

 

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