About This Item

  • TitleDressen lost his head
  • Call NumberDODG_0299
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryHeadless effigy propped up on table behind candles and sign reading, "Dressen No Head"; onlookers peering in from outside storefront window. Caption: "Dressen Lost His Head: In window of Bud and Packy's Bar, 199 Richards St., decapitated dummy illustrates one view of Dodger manager's ninth-inning strategy in choosing Ralph Branca as relief pitcher -- who tossed the ball that Bobby Thomson hit for the home run that lost the 1951 pennant."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 4, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Effigies -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bars (Drinking establishments) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceRed Hook (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.