Ken Keltner, Bob Feller, and Joe Gordon photograph

Date1948 September 29

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Ken Keltner, Bob Feller, and Joe Gordon in the Cleveland Indians locker room on September 29, 1948. All three are wearing Cleveland Indians home uniforms and Feller has a towel around his neck. Both Keltner and Gordon have an arm around Feller and are turned looking towards him. A caption on the back (not shown) reads, "Big Three Blaze Path to Pennant - Cleveland: The Cleveland Indians two game lead in the American League was maintained today when these three Indians help blast the White Sox 5-2. Team mates (sic) pat Bobby Feller on the back after he won his 19th victory of the season and his seventh straight in his amazing come back from a disastrous mid-season slump. Contributing to the victory were Joe Gordon (R) who slammed his 32nd homer while Ken Keltner (L) polished off his 30th homer. 9/29/48"

Object numberBL-1968-04131-0032

Publisher New York Herald Tribune (Firm)

Subject Keltner, Ken, 1916-1991

Subject Feller, Bob, 1918-2010

Subject Gordon, Joe, 1915-1978

Subject Cleveland Guardians (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 002 New York Herald Tribune photographic materials

Dimensions9 x 7 in.

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