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[Three views of Pee Wee Reese, Brooklyn Dodger shortstop, being tagged out by New York Yankee second baseman Gerald Coleman, as he tried to slide into second base in the first inning of the third game of the 1949 world series. The umpire was Cal Hubbard, and Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto backed up the play] – Historic Print

[Three views of Pee Wee Reese, Brooklyn Dodger shortstop, being tagged out by New York Yankee second baseman Gerald Coleman, as he tried to slide into second base in the first inning of the third game of the 1949 world series. The umpire was Cal Hubbard, and Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto backed up the play], 1949 — historic photograph
[Three views of Pee Wee Reese, Brooklyn Dodger shortstop, being tagged out by New York Yankee second baseman Gerald Coleman, as he tried to slide into second base in the first inning of the third game of the 1949 world series. The umpire was Cal Hubbard, and Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto backed up the play], 1949. Historic photograph from the Baseball collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Three views of Pee Wee Reese, Brooklyn Dodger shortstop, being tagged out by New York Yankee second baseman Gerald Coleman, as he tried to slide into second base in the first inning of the third game of the 1949 world series. The umpire was Cal Hubbard, and Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto backed up the play], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Three views of Pee Wee Reese, Brooklyn Dodger shortstop, being tagged out by New York Yankee second baseman Gerald Coleman, as he tried to slide into second base in the first inning of the third game of the 1949 world series. The umpire was Cal Hubbard, and Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto backed up the play]

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Three separate frames capture a single first-inning play in Game 3 of the 1949 World Series, when Brooklyn Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese was tagged out by Yankees second baseman Gerald Coleman as he slid into the bag. Umpire Cal Hubbard made the call, and Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto is shown backing up the play. The pictures came from Wide World Photos, a news agency whose wire photographs of the era carried the sport's biggest moments to newspapers across the country.

Created / published1949
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesFrom the collections of Encyclopedia Britannica. Wide World photo.
SubjectsReese, Pee Wee,--1919- Rizzuto, Phil,--1917-2007. Baseball players--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950. Sports officiating--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,286 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-187082

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