Honus Wagner Coaching Billy Cox photograph

Date1947 May 01

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Honus Wagner, right, coaching Billy Cox during spring training. Wagner is captured bending down with a glove on his left hand. Cox, standing with his hands on his hips, looks down, focusing on Wagner's instructions. Unidentified fans are in the background behind a fence. Wagner and Cox are dressed in the Pittsburgh Pirates home uniform. The caption (not shown) on the back of the photograph states, "Pointers from a Master Honus Wagner, Pirates shortstop immortal who just turned 73-years-old, reported at spring training camp to assume his duties as Pittsburgh coach and among the first voluntary assignments was to hand out a few fielding pointers to Billy Cox, current buc shortstop regular. 3-1-47." Based on the caption, this photograph was taken on March 1, 1947.

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0856

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Wagner, Honus, 1874-1955

Subject Cox, Billy, 1919-1978

Subject Pittsburgh Pirates (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 8.5 in.

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

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