About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0890
  • TitleThat's for us
  • SummaryThree men and two women gathered around radio in living room and cheering as they listen to broadcast. Caption on verso: "That's For Us: Johnny Jorgenson, seated on floor, leads cheers as Dodgers and wives hear good news over the radio that Chicago Cubs defeated St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago, 6 to 5, to put Dodgers a full game ahead of Cards in pennant race that has but two days to run. Left are Peewee and Mrs. Reese; right, Dick and Mrs. Whitman. Scene is Reese apartment at 2015 Foster Ave. before players departed for Philadelphia to meet Phillies today and tomorrow."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 1, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectReese, Pee Wee, 1918-1999 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Married people -- New York (State) -- New York ; Radio -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Pennant: 1949