People crowd the field at the first World Series baseball game at the old Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds

October 1903

Still image

Photographs

Image

reformatted digital

Between Oct. 1 and Oct. 13 the Boston Americans won five games against the Pittsburgh Pirates who won three at the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds and Exposition Park III, making Boston the first ever World Series champions. Two captions: "First World Series baseball game. 1903 - Northeastern's Cabot Physical Education Center now occupies this area" and "Photo shows the old Huntington Avenue Base Ball Grounds, site of the first-ever World Series in 1903."

Selected resources in this collection were acquired through transferals from Northeastern's Office of University Photography, Jet Commercial Photographers, Northeastern University publications, unprocessed archival collections and other contract photographers.

Collection finding aid: https://archivesspace.library.northeastern.edu/repositories/2/resources/761

Northeastern University Photograph collection (A103)
Series 11: Physical Plant. Subseries: Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds > ca. 1903

Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.)
Athletic fields -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Baseball -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sports
Boston Americans (Baseball team)
Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team)

A000053

Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections (A103) B5903-1, A3783-3, W4055-2, L224-1, K4440-5

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