About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0937
  • TitleWelcome home for 100-game winners
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese and his wife surrounded by cheering crowd celebrating Dodgers pennant victory. Caption on verso: "Welcome Home for 100-Game Winners: Big welcome greets Dodgers at LaGuardia Field. . . Pee Wee Reese, captain of pennant-winners, is greeted by wife and some of 1,500 fans on hand. . . ".
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep. 18, 1953; "Eagle Photos by Senko." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorSenko, Mickey
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectReese, Pee Wee, 1918-1999 ; La Guardia Airport ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Queens (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: Reese: Pee Wee: Fans