001522655 001__ 1522655 001522655 005__ 20240630080106.0 001522655 02480 $$aRH 033-1334 001522655 037__ $$aDA 001522655 041__ $$aeng 001522655 245__ $$aField Day at Bosse Field in Evansville, Indiana 001522655 260__ $$bUniversity of Southern Indiana$$cJune 28, 1908 001522655 269__ $$a1908 001522655 347__ $$a600-800 dpi 001522655 520__ $$aChildren participate in field day at Bosse Field. Field Day was a large, yearly event where students from the local school would put on a performance featuring music, dance, patriotic displays and calisthenics for the Evansville public. (https://www.courierpress.com/story/life/2018/05/28/history-lesson-field-day-league-park-evansville-history/639085002/) Bosse Field was at the end of N. Main St., in Garvin Park. Bosse Field opened in 1915 and was the first municipally owned sports facility in the United States. Only Bostons Fenway Park (1912) and Chicagos Wrigley Field (1914) are older than Evansvilles Bosse Field. (http://www.visitevansville.com/attractions/bosse-field) It was named for Benjamin Bosse, mayor of Evansville, 1914-1922. 001522655 542__ $$fhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/ 001522655 6531_ $$aPhotographs 001522655 6531_ $$aRegional History 001522655 6531_ $$aRelated Materials -- 1901-1950 001522655 655__ $$aBlack and White Photograph 001522655 691__ $$aIndiana 001522655 7001_ $$aF. A. Miintzer 001522655 8564_ $$9f7e41d12-5f10-4ca6-93a1-a55c30f6ffc4$$s7788756$$uhttps://library.usi.edu/record/1522655/files/27467.jp2 001522655 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1522655$$pGLOBAL_SET 001522655 914__ $$ap17218coll2 001522655 980__ $$aSpecial & Regional History Collection 001522655 984__ $$aEvansville Postcard Collection 001522655 985__ $$aImage