"Pitch" of another sort - Digital Collections

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