About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0957
  • TitleHarold "Pee Wee" Reese
  • SummaryPee Wee Reese, later Brooklyn Dodgers shortstop and team captain, posing in uniform as member of minor league Louisville Colonels; blurred outlines of baseball field in background, presumably in Louisville, Kentucky.
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Feb. 11/40. Title from inscription on recto. On recto: "Royal Photo Co., Louisville, KY." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorRoyal Photo Co.
  • SubjectReese, Pee Wee, 1918-1999 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Louisville Colonels (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationLouisville (Ky.)
  • 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: Portraits