001522926 001__ 1522926 001522926 005__ 20240630080151.0 001522926 02480 $$aRH 033-1341 001522926 037__ $$aDA 001522926 041__ $$aeng 001522926 245__ $$aField Day at Bosse Field in Evansville, Indiana 001522926 260__ $$bUniversity of Southern Indiana$$cAugust 1912 001522926 269__ $$a1912 001522926 347__ $$a600-800 dpi 001522926 520__ $$aYoung women dressed in Grecian costumes participate in field day at Bosse Field. Field Day was a large, yearly event where students from the local school would put on a performance featuring music, dance, patriotic displays and calisthenics for the Evansville public. (https://www.courierpress.com/story/life/2018/05/28/history-lesson-field-day-league-park-evansville-history/639085002/) Bosse Field was at the end of N. Main St., in Garvin Park. Bosse Field opened in 1915 and was the first municipally owned sports facility in the United States. Only Boston's Fenway Park (1912) and Chicago's Wrigley Field (1914) are older than Evansvilles Bosse Field. (http://www.visitevansville.com/attractions/bosse-field) It was named for Benjamin Bosse, mayor of Evansville, 1914-1922. 001522926 542__ $$fhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/ 001522926 6531_ $$aPhotographs 001522926 6531_ $$aRegional History 001522926 6531_ $$aRelated Materials -- 1901-1950 001522926 655__ $$aBlack and White Photograph 001522926 691__ $$aIndiana 001522926 7001_ $$aF. A. Miintzer 001522926 8564_ $$9a0dc97f9-e16e-48aa-b03c-860144b83e07$$s7333661$$uhttps://library.usi.edu/record/1522926/files/27884.jp2 001522926 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1522926$$pGLOBAL_SET 001522926 914__ $$ap17218coll2 001522926 980__ $$aSpecial & Regional History Collection 001522926 984__ $$aEvansville Postcard Collection 001522926 985__ $$aImage