Mel Ott with Group photograph

Date1946 January 21

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Mel Ott, second from right, seated during a conference with sports writers. Ott is leaning back in his chair and has a piece of paper in his hands. Eddie Brannick is seated to the right of Ott. Seated throughout the rest of the room are unidentified sports writers. There is a desk in the center of the room. All of the gentlemen are dressed in suits. A newspaper clipping is attached to the back of the photograph (not shown) and states, "Back from New Orleans, Mel Ott (second from right), player-manager of a New York Giants, tells baseball writers greeting him at the Giants office in New York Jan. 21 that he believes Walker Cooper, his new $175,000 catcher, might be worth an additional 15 or 20 victories for the team this season. Seated at extreme right is Eddie Brannick, secretary of the Giants."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-1356

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer New York World-Telegram

Subject Ott, Mel, 1909-1958

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions9 x 7 in.

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

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