About This Item
- TitleThe old dazzler
- Call NumberDODG_1123
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 1121), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Dazzy Vance; 1121 (9 x 7 in.) shows Vance leaning forward in pitching follow-through, probably at spring training facility; 1123 (8 x 10) shows Vance in uniform demonstrating pitching grip to four other Dodger pitchers before game at Ebbets Field. Caption on verso: "The Old Dazzler: Dazzy Vance, first Dodger to gain admittance to baseball's Hall of Fame, is shown as he appeared in 1925, on the left [not shown], and in his famous pitching pose on the right [1121]. The center photo [1123] shows Vance giving the 1951 Dodger pitching staff some pointers. Left to right are Preacher Roe, Don Newcombe, Vance, Erv Palica and Carl Erskine. All are still with Dodgers except Roe."
- Date1955
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteTitle from caption on versos. On versos: date stamped: Jan. 27, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamps. 1123 with grease pencil cropping marks.
- CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectVance, Dazzy ; Roe, Preacher, 1916-2008 ; Newcombe, Don, 1926- ; Erskine, Carl ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pitching (Baseball) -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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.