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.