About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0117
  • Title"Pitch" of another sort
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodger pitcher Ralph Branca jokingly applying make-up to New York Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson; both in uniform, Thomson without cap, Branca with cap on backwards. Caption: "'Pitch' of another sort: Ralph Branca (left), who served fatal home-run ball to Giants' Bobby Thomson (right) last October, applies lipstick as pair prepared for skit last night at writers' dinner. Dodgers didn't get hurted [sic] this time."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 4, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBranca, Ralph, 1926- ; Thomson, Bobby, 1923-2010 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; New York Giants (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Branca, Ralph: I