About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0959
  • TitlePeewee looks it over
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese examining baseball cap with protective plastic lining at Ebbets Field before game; empty stadium seats in background. Caption on verso: "Peewee Looks It Over: Shortstop Reese of the Dodgers gazes through transparent headguard that fits into slit in cap as protection from beaning. Reese already knows what it means to be skulled as he was the victim of one of the fast shoots of Pitcher Jake Moody of the Cubs last season."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Apr. 12, 1941; "Eagle photo by Jules Geller." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectReese, Pee Wee, 1918-1999 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball caps -- 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: Reese: Pee Wee: Portraits