About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0942
  • Title[Pee Wee Reese sliding into base]
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese demonstrating base slide, with unidentified Dodger making the tag; billboards on outfield wall of Ebbets Field in background. Caption on verso: "[Pee Wee Reese] . . . executing the fadeaway slide that figures so prominently in the success of his thefts."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep. 22, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title supplied by cataloger. Arc-shaped portion torn from upper right.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectReese, Pee Wee, 1918-1999 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Sports: Baseball: Dodgers: Reese: Pee Wee: Field