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Mel Ott photograph

Date1926
DescriptionA black-and-white, head and shoulders photograph of young Mel Ott captured during his first season with a New York Giants. Ott has a tight lipped smile and is wearing a New York Giants road uniform. A newspaper clipping is affixed to the back of the photograph (not shown) and states, "Mel Ott, shown when he reported to New York Giants' spring training camp in 1926 at the age of 17, died Nov. 21 in New Orleans, LA., after emergency surgery. The member of Baseball's Hall of Fame was 49."
Object numberBL-1968-01451-0303
Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer
Classificationsphotographic materials
Duplicate/Alternate CopyBL-1525-68_053
Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials
Dimensions4 x 5 in.
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Mel Ott photograph, 1926
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1316
New York World-Telegram
1926
Mel Ott photograph, probably 1942
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1344
Greene, William C., 1901-1963
probably 1942
Mel Ott photograph, undated
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0339
New York World-Telegram
undated
Mel Ott photograph, undated
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1345
New York World-Telegram
undated
Mel and Mildred Ott photograph, 1951 January
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0257
New York World-Telegram
1951 January
Mel and Mildred Ott photograph, 1930
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0256
New York World-Telegram
1930
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0352
New York World-Telegram
probably 1944
Mel Ott with Group photograph, probably 1944
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1367
New York World-Telegram
probably 1944
Mel Ott composite photograph, probably 1955
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0300
New York World-Telegram
probably 1955
Mel Ott composite photograph, probably 1955
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1258
New York World-Telegram
probably 1955
Mel Ott and Children photograph, 1936 December 27
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0267
New York World-Telegram
1936 December 27
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0346
New York World-Telegram
1955 March 25