About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0908
  • TitleMutt and Jeff combination
  • SummaryTwo Brooklyn Dodgers, one tall (left) and one short (right), standing back to back to each other, apparently at Ebbets Field; outfield fence with billboard discernable in left background. Caption on verso: "Mutt and Jeff Combination with the Dodgers are Howie Schultz and Vic Lombardi, first sacker and pitcher, respectively. Howie stands 6 feet 6 inches while Vic is just 12 inches shorter any way you look at him."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun. 20, 1945. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn 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: Field