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Christy Mathewson photograph

Dateundated

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph containing head shots of John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, Mel Ott, and Bill Terry. Terry, McGraw, and Ott's images are crossed out. The caption on the reverse (not shown) reads, "the almost certain westward move of the New York Giants next year means the death of the Polo Grounds, but the memories and legends of these Polo Grounds heroes will live on. From left are John McGraw, the firebrand manager; the immortal Christy Mathewson; the home run hitting Mel Ott, and Bill Terry, great first baseman and team leader."

Object numberBL-1968-00196-037

Publisher New York Journal-American

Subject Mathewson, Christy, 1880-1925

Subject McGraw, John Joseph, 1873-1934

Subject Ott, Mel, 1909-1958

Subject Terry, Bill, 1898-1989

Subject New York Giants (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

black-and-white photographs

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 032 New York Journal-American photographic materials

Dimensions9.5 x 5.75 in.

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

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