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Identifier
20034709
Description
Joe DiMaggio, the star center-fielder of the New York Yankees, is visiting Fort Worth, Texas. The Yankees are playing the Fort Worth Cats in a Spring Training exhibition game. DiMaggio is shown autographing a baseball for fourteen-year old Don Wade, a student at Polytechnic High School, as a crowd of admirers watch. DiMaggio is returning to the Yankees for the 1946 season after spending the past three seasons in the military. He is dressed in the Yankees' road gray uniform. Joe DiMaggio was later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.
Archival Date
1946-04-03
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-415
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
DiMaggio, Joe; New York Yankees; Wade, Don; Baseball; Baseball players; Crowds; Autographs; Hall of Fame
Subjects
DiMaggio, Joe; New York Yankees; Wade, Don; Baseball; Baseball players; Crowds; Autographs; Hall of Fame