| Title: | Peewee looks it over |
| Description: | Brooklyn Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese examining baseball cap with protective plastic lining at Ebbets Field before game; empty stadium seats in background. Caption on verso: "Peewee Looks It Over: Shortstop Reese of the Dodgers gazes through transparent headguard that fits into slit in cap as protection from beaning. Reese already knows what it means to be skulled as he was the victim of one of the fast shoots of Pitcher Jake Moody of the Cubs last season." |
| Date: | 1941 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Crown Heights. [3] |
| Creator: | Geller, Jules. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Apr. 12, 1941; "Eagle photo by Jules Geller." Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [4]
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| Subject: |
Reese, Pee Wee, 1918-1999. [5] Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [6] Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) [7] Baseball players [8] Baseball caps [9] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. Portrait photographs. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library |
| ID: | DODG 0959 |