1916worldseries

The National League Championship pennants in the photo say 1916 on them, strongly suggesting that these are Brooklyn fans at the 1916 World Series. Though the team was known as the Robins in this era, it was also commonly referred to as the Superbas and the Dodgers, as seen on the pennants here, long before the official change to that name around 1932.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Dodgers

At right is Mrs. Edward J. McKeever (Jennie Veronica Murphy McKeever , (1862-1942)), wife of one of the Brooklyn team's owners.
her NYT obit from September, 1942:
query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C06E0DE1339E33BB...

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Annual Report of the Public Service Commission, Second District, Volume 2 books.google.com/books?id=qrVKZUyH9sEC&pg=PA83&lp... suggests that M. V. Woods was General Manager of McKeever's company (at least in 1906).

Brooklyn Eagle of April 14, 1918, page 11 www.newspapers.com/newspage/55293324/ mentions "Mrs. Edw. McKeever, ... Mrs. Jennie Dalton, Miss Catherine Conklin," close together in the Brookyn Society column.

Good catch, this is obviously Mrs. McK.'s box, and these are her buddies (and Mrs. Woods' son, probably). The program being held up behind J. Woods and Jennie Dalton marks this as being from Braves Field in Boston, probably game one of the 1916 World Series, played October 7, 1916. Though Fenway Park was the regular park of the Red Sox, they chose to play the World Series in the National League park of the Braves due to its vastly larger capacity. here's the program: fenwaypark100.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/2012program1916... www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1916ws.shtml

swanq and Art Siegel: Thanks for your research here! We'll include some of your info in our next update to the description.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lannin "Joseph John Lannin (April 23, 1866 - 15 May 1928) was a Canadian-born American baseball entrepreneur." "In 1914 he became the sole owner of the Red Sox and in that same year he purchased the rights to bring Babe Ruth to Boston resulting in his team winning the World Series in 1915 and 1916." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban_Johnson "Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson (January 5, 1865 – March 28, 1931), was an American executive in professional baseball who served as the founder and first president of the American League (AL)."

Brief info about Lannin's wife and children at www.lanninwalk.com/news/on-this-day-in-1954/ by his great grandson.

And more at www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?app=blog&am... She was Hannah J. Furlong before marriage.

SABR Pictorial History Committee dates this as 1915, but is there a reason to think this isn't the 1916 World Series, like the others nearby?

swanq and Art Siegel: Thanks for the additional details here. We'll include some of it next time we update the description.

This is former Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Bill Pounds addressing the 1916 team as it left Brooklyn on October 6, 1916 to play the Boston Red Sox in the World Series. Presumably, that's him standing in the second street level window from the left, cupping his hands in front of his mouth. The Sun's account of the parade mentions the stop at the Y, but not Pounds. The sun. (New York [N.Y.]) , October 07, 1916, chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1916-10-07/ed-... The Bedford Branch of the YMCA is still at the corner of Bedford and Monroe in Brooklyn, now the Bedford-Stuyvesant Branch. This building on the corner is now gone, but in the current Google Street View, the building across Monroe still stands, though now boarded up. www.google.com/maps/@40.685264,-73.954288,3a,75y,122.59h,... A copy of this photo that was auctioned had the following description: "This superb Bain image shows Bill Pounds addressing the Brooklyn Dodgers in front of the YMCA as they prepare to head to Boston for the 1916 World Series. A large crowd is gathered in front of the YMCA and cars are double parked in the street. A few police are on hand to maintain control but the crowd appears to be well behaved. Photo has along its top edge, in white “Pounds Addressing Bklyn Team.” To the right, in black, “4010-4.” Reverse has “Departure of Brooklyns from Brooklyn for Boston Oct. 6, 1916.” www.lelands.com/auction/AuctionDetail/28571/December-2005... "Jeared Wells "Bill" Pounds (March 11, 1878 – July 7, 1936) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in two games during the 1903 baseball season." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pounds

Art Siegel: Thank for finding this additional information here. We will be include some of it next time we update.