This lot of a large panoramic photo (7.5 x 43 inches) features the Boston Red Sox and the Washington Senators posed for a special group shot on Opening Day at Fenway Park in 1914. Dated April 14 1914 the photograph includes an incredible 56 players between the two teams standing on the field with Fenway Park's grandstands in the background. Included are stars such as Tris Speaker (imaged twice on the photo) Walter Johnson Smokey Joe Wood Harry Hooper Dutch Leonard Chick Gandil and Clark Griffith. Tris Speaker as noted is pictured in the photo twice once on the left side and once on the right. Because of the mechanics of producing such a long panoramic photograph players would sometimes take advantage of the opportunity to appear in the photo twice changing positions during the multi-shot photographic process as a joke. Along the bottom of the photo in white lettering is the following caption: "Opening Game of the Season at Fenway Park 'Boston Red Sox' and Washington 'Senators' April 14th 1914 Boston Mass." This particular copy of the framed photo belonged to Wood who eventually gifted it to avid sports memorabilia collector Barry Halper. Wood signed the photo twice in blue marker once over his image in the panoramic and once at the end of a lengthy inscription to Halper that reads: Barry I recall our visit at the Boston baseball show in Nov. of last year and the fact that you came up from New Jersey to say hello. Joe Wood.

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