Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, and Joe Adcock Posing with Bats photograph

Date1957 October

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Milwaukee Braves, Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, and Joe Adcock posing with bats in 1957. The three men are each kneeling on one knee and pointing their bats towards the camera. The image caption on the back of the image reads, "Braves' Big Berthas Aimed at Stands. Set to fire...The three top sluggers of the Milwaukee Braves, Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, and Joe Adcock (left to right) train their sights on the distant stands at Yankee Stadium for today's opening World Series game..."

Object numberBL-1968-00196-004

Publisher New York Journal-American

Subject Adcock, Joe, 1927-1999

Subject Milwaukee Braves (Baseball team)

Subject Aaron, Hank, 1934-2021

Subject Mathews, Eddie (Edwin), 1931-2001

Subject National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 032 New York Journal-American photographic materials

Dimensions10 x 8 in.

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

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