Burleigh Grimes Portrait photograph

Date1936 November 05

DescriptionA black-and-white 3/4 length portrait photograph of Burleigh Grimes. Grimes, shown in 3/4 profile, wears a three piece suit and tie. Seated, Grimes rests both forearms on each knee and clasps his left hand with his right. Grimes looks forward to the camera, smiling. Posed for the photograph, he has a cigar in his mouth. The notations on the surface of the photograph and the portions of the background that have been painted are not original to the image and exist as modifications made for publication. A caption pasted on the reverse (not shown), typed in purple ink, reads, "BURLEIGH GRIMES, FORMER SPITBALL PITCHER IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES AND PRESENT MINOR LEAGUE MANAGER, IS SHOWN ABOVE AFTER HE HAD BEEN GIVEN A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT AS MANAGER OF THE BROOKLYN DODGERS, OCT. 5. GRIMES REPLACES CASEY STENGEL WHO WAS RELEASED AT THE END OF THE 1938 SEASON. 11-5-36." Stamped on the reverse (not shown) in black ink, are the phrases, "LAST TIME USED NOV 6 1938," and "LAST TIME USED APR 28 1937."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0167

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer New York World-Telegram

Subject Grimes, Burleigh, 1893-1985

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Duplicate/Alternate CopyBL-170-83|BL-1153-94|BL-1239-82

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions5.5 x 8 in.

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

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