OLD PHOTO - Packed parking lot for game one of the 1916 World Series in Boston.

[Jay In Northern Ca.]

[Wayne Sheldon]

How are things Jay? Always glad to see you here.
Neat photo! A whole lot of interesting cars I wish I could see better. Lets see, about fifteen rows of cars, roughly twenty cars to a row, plus a bunch scattered around the distant tree? Must be more than six hundred cars in that photo!

Thank you Jay.

[Bryant]

Packed for sure! I don’t know how you would get back out I see a side car motorcycle
Bryant

[jeffstag]

Apparently the trick is to get to the game late so that you're the last one in the packing lot if you want to get out of there in any reasonable time

[TWrenn]

Owner of '15 touring to the Valet: "I'd like for you to bring me my car now please"...

Valet: "What does it look like sir"?

Owner of touring: It's the black one with the brass radiator.

[5 WoodenWheels]

Neat photo. Wonder if any of those cars passed into the hands of current owners.

[George House]

Yes, it is interesting that there was evidently no consideration to leave ‘escape routes’ for others to leave early. And I wonder why “convertibles” aren’t as popular today as 115 years ago. You hardly see one now. Thanks Jay !!

[JohnM]

Before safety glass, in an enclosed car you are surrounded by glass that in an accident turns into razors and daggers. Not so now.

Like before lines on the roads, I guess parking was less orderly also.

[John Codman]

Typically open cars were less expensive (then closed cars due to less steel in the body, and much simpler doors with no window regulators.

[Norman Kling]

They had to stay for the entire series because it would take that long to get the cars out. They sold out on hot dogs and the people were very hungry.
Norm

[ModelT46]

Photographs taken at that time of large masses of parked autos show the great success of autos in the 16 or 17 years of sighnicficant auto production. Oldsmobile was the first producer of autos is greater numbers, Ford took over with the Model NRS and then the T. By 1916 the streets were packed with more auto than horses in the larger cities. Horses fanded out by 1930 and while they were still used by dray drivers. Thanks for the photo.

[James Yuill]

Hopefully no rain in the forcast during the game

[NY John T]

I've seen this beautiful photo, but never had any information about it. Thanks. Was Ruth playing?

[Norman Kling]

Horses had not completely faded out in the larger cities. The junk man came down the street with a horse and wagon and I used to see them pulling wagons in Los Angeles around 1939 and 1940 but did not see any buggies.
Norm