Gil Hodges Scrapbooks: scrapbooks, 1952-1956.

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Gil Hodges Scrapbooks: scrapbooks, 1952-1956.

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A collection of four scrapbooks created by Jo Ann Duffy Keating, then president of the Gil Hodges Fan Club, containing newspaper clippings and photos, primarily about Gil Hodges and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Pee Wee Reese and other individual team members are also represented. Items of note include letter to Ms. Duffy from Walter O'Malley and signed by Hodges; two letters from presidential aides to Ms. Duffy regarding invitations to events at Ebbets Field; newspaper article about Mr. and Mrs. Gil Hodges, signed by Mrs. Hodges; two Ebbets Field ticket stubs from Opening Day 1955; ticket stub from Game 5 of 1955 World Series; two Dodger ticket stubs autographed by Reese; black-and-white photographs of action at Ebbets Field.

4 scrapbooks (.24 cu. ft.)

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7612802

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)

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The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays, next year in 1884 becoming a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the club moved to Los Angeles, California, where it continues its history as the Los Angeles Dodgers. The team moved west at the same time as its longtime rival, the New York Giants, moved to San Francisco in northern Cali...

Reese, Pee Wee, 1918-1999

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Harold "Pee Wee" Reese (b. July 23, 1918, Ekron, KT–d. August 14, 1999, Louisville, KT) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958. A ten-time All Star, Reese contributed to seven National League championships for the Dodgers and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984. Reese is also famous for his support of his teammate Jackie Robinson, the first modern African American p...

Keating, JoAnn Duffy.

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Gil Hodges played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (1943 and 1947-1961), and for the New York Mets (1962-1963). After his playing career, he was the manager of the New York Mets (1963-1971). From the description of Gil Hodges Scrapbooks: scrapbooks, 1952-1956. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 49712202 ...

Ebbets Field (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

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Hodges, Gil, 1924-1972

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