Benny McCoy negative

Datebetween 1942 and 1945

DescriptionA black-and-white, chest-length negative of player Benny McCoy. The image is of McCoy in his Great Lakes Bluejackets uniform, looking at the camera smiling. Based on the fact that the Bluejackets were a naval baseball team during World War II and McCoy's time away from Major League Baseball due to the war, this photograph was taken between 1942 and 1945.

Object numberBL-2016-00530-0003

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer Burke, George, 1874-1951

Subject McCoy, Benny, 1915-2011

Subject Great Lakes Bluejackets (Baseball team)

Subject United States. Naval Training Station (Great Lakes, Ill.)

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 021 George Burke and George Brace photographic materials

Dimensions5 x 7 in.

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

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