| Title: | Dressen lost his head |
| Description: | Headless effigy propped up on table behind candles and sign reading, "Dressen No Head"; onlookers peering in from outside storefront window. Caption: "Dressen Lost His Head: In window of Bud and Packy's Bar, 199 Richards St., decapitated dummy illustrates one view of Dodger manager's ninth-inning strategy in choosing Ralph Branca as relief pitcher -- who tossed the ball that Bobby Thomson hit for the home run that lost the 1951 pennant." |
| Date: | 1951 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Red Hook (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 4, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [4]
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| Subject: |
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [5] Baseball fans [6] Effigies [7] Bars (Drinking establishments) [8] |
| 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 0299 |