Chicago White Sox fans hail their American League champions in a neighborhood celebration near Comiskey Park on Sept. 22, 1959.
Luis Aparicio’s unifom, No. 11, is regarded as a lucky omen by his White Sox teammates Sherman Lollar, second from left, Ted Kluszewski, third from left, and Al Smith, after the team defeated Detroit on Sept. 2, 1959, at Comiskey Park. The White Sox matched Aparicio’s number with an 11 run splurge in the fifth inning of their second game to overcome a 3 to 0 deficit.
Fans celebrate the Chicago White Sox after they beat the Cleveland Indians and won the American League pennant, near Comiskey Park at 35th Street and Wentworth Avenue, in Chicago on Sept. 22, 1959.
Fire commissioner Robert Quinn ordered a celebratory five-minute sounding of Chicago’s air-raid sirens after the White Sox won the pennant in 1959. The sirens may have scared many Chicagoans, but they did not dampen the enthusiasm of this Loop restaurant owner for his favorite team.
Jubilant fans hail the American League champion White Sox at Midway Airport early in the morning on Sept. 23, 1959, when the team returned from Cleveland, Ohio.
Luis Aparicio, of the Chicago White Sox, steps off the plane at Midway Airport on Sept. 23, 1959, and is greeted by a throng of fans and Sox owner Bill Veeck, right. The Tribune reported that Aparicio was “wearing a funny hat.”
Jubilant fans hail the American League champion White Sox at Midway Airport early in the morning on Sept. 23, 1959, when the team returned from Cleveland, Ohio. Bill Veeck, center, is escorted by police officers through the crowd.
Jubilant fans hail the American League champion White Sox at Midway Airport early in the morning on Sept. 23, 1959, when the team returned from Cleveland, Ohio.
Fans celebrate near 35th and Wentworth Avenue after the Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland for the American League pennant on Sept. 22, 1959.
Chicago White Sox catcher Sherm Lollar, left, waves to fans as he rides alongside outfielder Jim Landis, right, in a Chicago parade to celebrate the Sox winning the American League pennant on Sept. 24, 1959.
A throng assembles in front of City Hall on Sept. 24, 1959, to help pay tribute to the Chicago White Sox, who won the American League pennant. Members of the team cluster on the stand at the entrance to City Hall as Mayor Daley addresses the jubilant crowd.
Two days after their pennant-clinching victory against Cleveland, the White Sox were given a civic welcome at City Hall on Sept. 24, 1959. On the stand are, from left, John Callison, Jim Rivera, Sherm Lollar, Ted Kluszewski, Chuck Comiskey, whose grandfather founded the team, Rudy Arias, Mayor Richard J. Daley, manager Al Lopez, owner Bill Veeck, coach Tony Cuccinello, Luis Aparicio and Nellie Fox.
Ticker-tape showers the Chicago White Sox during a parade honoring the team on Sept. 24, 1959. The parade traveled down LaSalle Street with Sherman Lollar and Jim Landis in the lead car. A crowd of more than 700,00 lined 15 blocks to hail the American League champions.
Crowds watch the Chicago Fire Department band as they march on State Street for a parade honoring the American League champion White Sox on Sept. 24, 1959.
The scene along State Street as crowds fill the sidewalks to watch the victory parade for the Chicago White Sox on Sept. 24, 1959. Riding in the car in the foreground are Charles Comiskey, from left, Mayor Daley, and Bill Veeck. In the second car are Manager Al Lopez (dark suit) and Ed Short, press chief.
Chicago White Sox player Ted “Big Klu” Kluszewski snaps photos of fans on Sept. 30, 1959, at Comiskey Park after the American League champion team members were given cameras as gifts.
