Burleigh Grimes Portrait photograph

Date1936 November 05

DescriptionA black-and-white portrait photograph of Burleigh Grimes. Grimes, shown from the neck up, wears a Chicago Cubs home jersey and baseball cap. Looking forward, he establishes eye contact with the camera. Pasted on the reverse (not shown), a caption, typed in purple ink, reads, "DODGERS' NEW MANAGER BURLEIGH GRIMES, EX-BIG LEAGUE PITCHER (ABOVE), WAS APPOINTED MANAGER OF THE BROOKLYN DODGERS, NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL CLUB, NOVEMBER. 11/5/36."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0166

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer New York World-Telegram

Subject Grimes, Burleigh, 1893-1985

Subject Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions6.5 x 4.5 in.

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

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