Bob Feller Hanging Up Uniform photograph

Date1956 December 28

DescriptionA black-and-white posed photo of Bob Feller hanging up his jersey to symbolize his retirement from baseball. He is shown from the waist up dressed in a suit and tie. Feller is placing a hanger holding his #19 jersey on a coat tree. He is facing to his left, looking a the camera and smiling. A photo of him pitching hangs on the wall behind him. The caption at the bottom of the photo (not shown) reads: "SMP122802-12/28/56-Cleveland, O: Bob Feller, who for 20 years has been a colorful part of the Cleveland baseball scene, here symbolically hangs up his jersey after announcing is retirement from baseball here 12/28. Feller plans to pursue a full-time business career. UNITED PRESS"

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0142

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer New York World-Telegram

Subject Feller, Bob, 1918-2010

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions6.50 x 7.75 in.

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

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