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Circa 1950s Pee Wee Reese Original Charles Conlon Photograph (PSA Type I)
Displayed is a 1950s Charles Conlon (Brown Brothers) Brooklyn Dodgers Type I original photograph of Harold Reese, a wondrous and beloved Hall of Fame shortstop who was known as "Pee Wee." Reese obtained his "Pee Wee" moniker not because at 5'10" he was particularly small, but because as a youth he was a marble shooting champion in his home state of Kentucky, and small marbles are known as "Pee Wees." But shooting marbles wasn't the only sport in which Reese took championships. He also was marvelously adept at winning baseball championships. He helped his Brooklyn Dodgers to National League pennants in 1941, '47, '49, '52, '53, '55, and '56, and to the Brooklyn Dodgers' only World Championship, in '55. Reese played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1940-42, spent three years in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and then resumed playing in Brooklyn from 1946-57, and then a season for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1958. Reese was a defensive wizard, and he was the Dodgers' Captain, the real leader of the "Boys of Summer." Reese hit .269 lifetime and had surprising pop for a shortstop of that time, hitting 126 lifetime home runs. The Type I photo measures approx. 7x9". On the reverse is a stamped "Brown Brothers," a photography company founded in New York City in 1904 which became the foremost stock photo licensing company in the United States. Charles Conlon, the photographer who took the shot, was a famous baseball photographer who worked for various New York City newspapers, The Sporting News, and numerous other publications, and his 1910 shot of Ty Cobb sliding into third base is considered the first action sports shot. Also on the back, written in pencil in an unknown hand, is "Pee Wee Reese Brooklyn Dodger Captain." It has been encapsulated and PSA certified TYPE I AUTHENTIC. The Type I photo seems to catch the Dodger Captain in a pensive mood, and Reese's young appearance appears to place the photo right in the midst of his Brooklyn stardom.
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