Mel Ott photograph

Date1926

DescriptionA black-and-white, head and shoulders photograph of young Mel Ott captured during his first season with a New York Giants. Ott has a tight lipped smile and is wearing a New York Giants road uniform. A newspaper clipping is affixed to the back of the photograph (not shown) and states, "Mel Ott, shown when he reported to New York Giants' spring training camp in 1926 at the age of 17, died Nov. 21 in New Orleans, LA., after emergency surgery. The member of Baseball's Hall of Fame was 49."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-1316

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer New York World-Telegram

Subject Ott, Mel, 1909-1958

Subject New York Giants (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions4 x 5 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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