These two photos aren't quite as well known as the famous one from the 1903 World Series, but these were taken during an actual game, in 1911, its 11th and final year in existence. It was the original home of the Red Sox, and was where they won their first World Series, in 1903, and was replaced after the 1911 season by Fenway Park, just a short distance away.
Aside from the baseball element of the photo, I also find the advertisements on the walls to be interesting. There are long-lost beverages with such unappetizing names as Pureoxia Ginger Ale and Dr. Swett's Original Root Beer, questionable products such as Old Grist Mill Dog Bread, and defunct breweries like Harvard Brewing Company. One company that survived a while, though, has an ad barely visible just to the right of the centerfield flagpole - Narragansett Brewing Company, which would remain a Red Sox sponsor well into the 1960s.
Photo courtesy of Boston Public Library.
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