About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0955
  • TitleReady for the Giants
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese greeting fans at airport, two carrying signs reading "Give The Giants The Bums Rush" and "[We] Can't Wait Till Next Year." Caption on verso: "Ready for the Giants: As Dodgers land at LaGuardia Field, returning from Western tour, fans mob Pee Wee Reese, center, as they hail the conquering (we hope) heroes who launch big three-game series with Giants at Polo Grounds tonight. Next to Reese, in light suit, is Lee Scott, club's road secretary."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep. 3, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectReese, Pee Wee, 1918-1999 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; La Guardia Airport ; 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: General