Ready for the Giants

Ready for the Giants
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Title: Ready for the Giants
Description:

Brooklyn Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese greeting fans at airport, two carrying signs reading "Give The Giants The Bums Rush" and "[We] Can't Wait Till Next Year." Caption on verso: "Ready for the Giants: As Dodgers land at LaGuardia Field, returning from Western tour, fans mob Pee Wee Reese, center, as they hail the conquering (we hope) heroes who launch big three-game series with Giants at Polo Grounds tonight. Next to Reese, in light suit, is Lee Scott, club's road secretary."

Date: 1954
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: On verso: date stamped: Sep. 3, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
Title from caption on verso.
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: Reese, Pee Wee, 1918-1999.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
La Guardia Airport.
Baseball players
Baseball fans
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
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 0955