Only 21 and a veteran

Only 21 and a veteran
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Title: Only 21 and a veteran
Description:

Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Johnny Podres with leg extended in pitcher's wind up, probably before game at Ebbets Field; billboards for Schaefer Beer and Lucky Strike cigarettes on outfield wall in background; one other player in left background. Caption on verso: "Only 21 and a Veteran: That's Johnny Podres, looking forward to his second big league season with the Dodgers after his impressive 9-4 record last year. The sophomore southpaw was one of four Dodger pitchers to sign for '54 yesterday."

Date: 1954
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: On verso: date stamped: Feb. 7, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
Title from caption on verso.
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: Podres, Johnny, 1932-2008.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.)
Baseball players
Billboards
Pitching (Baseball)
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: DODG 0923