Mel Ott Batting photograph
Date1940 or 1941
DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Mel Ott captured after completing his swing. Ott is standing beside home plate and is looking up out of the corner of his eyes. Ott is holding a baseball bat on the right side of his body and and his right foot is twisted on the ground as his left is stretched behind him. Ott is dressed in a New York Giants home uniform. An unidentified gentleman is walking in the stands in the background. Based on Ott's uniform, his time with the Giants, and a stamp on the reverse (not shown), this photograph was taken in either 1940 or 1941.
Object numberBL-1968-01451-1340
Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer
Greene, William C., 1901-1963
Subject
Ott, Mel, 1909-1958
Subject
New York Giants (Baseball team)
Classificationsphotographic materials
Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials
Dimensions8 x 10 in.
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Object number: BL-1968-01451-1339
Greene, William C., 1901-1963
1940 or 1941
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0359
Greene, William C., 1901-1963
probably 1944
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1309
Greene, William C., 1901-1963
probably 1944
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1259
Greene, William C., 1901-1963
between 1933 and 1947
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1284
Greene, William C., 1901-1963
1940 or 1941
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0343
Greene, William C., 1901-1963
probably 1935
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1275
Greene, William C., 1901-1963
probably 1935