Warren Spahn and Chuck Dressen photograph

Date1961

DescriptionA black-and-white half length photograph of Warren Spahn and manager Chuck Dressen wearing Milwaukee Braves uniforms in 1961. Spahn (left) and Dressen stand outside with Spahn holding a baseball in his left hand as both look at it. The newspaper caption on the back (not shown) reads, "HOW TO DO IT: Warren Spahn, Milwaukee's great southpaw, who will be 40 in April, shows Manager Charley Dressen how he holds the ball in compiling those 20-victory seasons. World-Telegram's Bill Green shot the picture at Braves' camp in Bradenton, Fla."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0981

Photographer Greene, Bill

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Dressen, Chuck, 1894-1966

Subject Spahn, Warren, 1921-2003

Subject Milwaukee Braves (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

Dimensions9 x 7.25 in

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

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