Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella watches Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees head for first base during a game in the World Series in 1955 in...
New York, NY: Dodgers rush to the mound to embrace young southpaw Johnny Podres after he hurled the final ball in today's 2-0 victory over the Yanks....
American baseball player Jackie Robinson, of the Brooklyn Dodgers, stealing home plate during the World Series game against the New York Yankees, New...
Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers tries to steal home during World Series against the New York Yankees. Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra has the ball and...
As the last out was registered today that gave the Dodgers their first World's Championship, this was the scene on the diamond. Gil Hodges, first...
Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers slides home safely on his steal in the eighth inning of this series opener at Yankee Stadium. This was the play that...
Brooklyn Dodgers' Johnny Podres is swarmed in seconds after the final out of the Dodgers 2-0 victory over the New York Yankees in final World Series...
New York, NY: ...AND THEN THERE WAS PANDEMONIUM. Johnny Podres, 23-year-old lefthander who won his second and the Dodgers' final World Series victory...
New York, NY: Young southpaw Johnny Podres folowed by masked Dodger Catcher Roy Campanella is literally mobbed by admiring fans who poured onto the...
World Series -Dodgers vs Yankees - 3d Game- , Jackie Robinson, hearing out what Casey Stengel said about having to watch him every minute, steams...
Brooklyn Dodgers president Walter O'Malley and his manager, Walter Alston, exchange hugs and grins after bringing Brooklyn its first World Series...
The Duke of Swat. Brooklyn, New York: The Duke, a mighty man is he -- wields a mighty bat. Duke Snider smiles over the bat in dressing room after...
Series Has Its Singing Waiters. New York, New York: It was a rainy, miserable morning -- this scheduled opening day of the 1955 World Series -- but...
Origina Caption Reads: 9/28/1955-New York, NY: This is a general view of Yankee Stadium as Yankee rookie outfielder Elston Howard hit a home run in...
New York, NY: In downtown Brooklyn dodger fans hold a mock wake for Casey Stengle, Yankee Pilot, following Dodger victory over the Yanks, 2-0, today....
New York, NY: Here's an overall view of the diamond after Bill Skowron of the Yankees blasted a home run with two on in the first inning of the 6th...
Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Sandy Amoros slides safely home on Gilliam's double in the third inning of the fourth World Series game at Ebbets Field. The...
Johnny Podres, Dodger pitcher who toppled the mighty Yankees today to win the first World Series Championship for the Flatbushers, is kissed on the...
Hits Homer to Right Off the Bat. New York, New York: Yankee rookie Elston Howard crosses the plate at Yankee Stadium after scoring a homer in his...
Whitey Ford of the Yankees toes first base a second too late as Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn Dodgers already holds ball in game six of the World Series.
Daily News front page October 5 Headlines: "Who's A Bum!", Leo O'Meila's cartoon celebrating the Brooklyn Dodgers 1955 World Series Championship
Sprawled on the ground, Yankee catcher Yogi Berra's face registers pain after he was hit on the right arm, above the elbow by Dodger pitcher Billy...
New York, New York- Dodger centerfielder Duke Snider leaps in vain for Yankee Joe Collins' homer in the sixth inning of the World Series at the...
With the American League Pennant safely tucked away in mothballs, manager Casey Stengel of the New York Yankees has the time to indulge in his...
Dodgers' Opening Power at the Stadium. New York, New York: The Brooklyn Dodgers took to the field today but only for practice as they invaded the...
Dodger southpaw, Johnny Podres, is shown on the mound as he shut the door on the Yankees in the 7th and final game of the World Series at Yankee...
Baseball player Yogi Berra , catcher for the New York Yankees, argues with the umpire over a call after Jackie Robinson stole home plate, during a...
Pee Wee Reese of the Brooklyn Dodgers takes a six-inning hit away from Phil Rizzuto of the New York Yankees with a running back-handed stop of...
Brooklyn Dodgers players celebrate as New York Yankees' Elston Howard is retired for the last out in the Dodgers' victory over the New York Yankees...
Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers tries to steal home during World Series against the New York Yankees on September 28, 1955. Yankee Catcher Yogi...
Clem Labine is the happiest man in Ebbets Field after Brooklyn Dodgers' victory in game five of the World Series against the Yankees. Catcher Roy...
Billy Martin advances toward the dugout at Yankee Stadium today under the watchful eyes of Yankee pilot Casey Stengel, who announced his intention of...
Five final days of tennis practice at the Heights Casino Courts took place in Brooklyn and capped off long and tedious training on the warm west...
Norman Lewis, , seated, the attorney for baseball players in their dealings with major league owners is shown with a group of players representatives...
Five final days of tennis practice at the Heights Casino Courts took place in Brooklyn and capped off long and tedious training on the warm west...
The Rev. Henry Armstrong, the famous boxer who once held the three world championships simultaneously, will realize a dream on Tuesday which he has...
He's Got a Secret! Brooklyn, New York, New York: Dodger manage Walt Alston whispers sweet somethings into the ear of Dodger pitcher Roger Craig. The...
Here's the Pitch -- a Swinging Strike. Brooklyn, New York: Right hander Roger Craig throws the first pitch of the fifth World Series game. Arrows...
Clubhouse Quote -- "It's My Left Knee That's Hurt. . ." New York, New York: Dodgers' duke of swat, Duke Snider, shows his bandaged knee to press...
Moose Skowron, Elston Howard and Bob Cerv , who will be playing their first World Series this year with the American League champions are shown...
First Pitch of Finale -- a Strike. New York, New York: The first pitch of the seventh and deciding game of the 1955 World Series wings toward the...
Making his first trip to the plate in the 1955 World Series, Yankee Mickey Mantle follows through here after getting the fat part of the bat on the...
Yogi Berra of the Yanks scores on Howard's single in this fourth inning action of the second World Series game to spark the Yankee rally that found...
Dodgers' Opening Power at the Stadium. New York, New York: The Brooklyn Dodgers took to the field today but only for practice as they invaded the...
Dodgers' Opening Power at the Stadium. New York, New York: The Brooklyn Dodgers took to the field today but only for practice as they invaded the...
This sequence of photos the first double play of the 1955 World Series, brought off in the first inning of the opener between the Yankees and the...
New York, New York: The Yankee Stadium bleachers filled early as a warm September sun broke through to dry out the effects of an early morning rain....
And the Second Game is Underway. New York, New York: Yankee left hander Tommy Bryne hurls the first pitch to Dodger lead off man Junior Gilliam as...
Record Setting DP. New York, New York: Here's the sixth double play of today's game which set a record for World Series play. It occurred in the 8th...
Members of the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers are shown as they lined up on the field today during prayers for a speedy recovery for...
Brooklyn, New York: Buzzie Bavasi, Dodgers vice president and general manager, covers up in a bit of horse play during a talk with pitchers Don...
Jump Tune. New York: Elston Howard of the Yankees leaps high against the wall in left-center-field at Ebbets Field to snare Gil Hodges'...
Podres on the Mound. New York. Youthful lefthander Johnny Podres delivers a ball in the World Series game at Ebbets Field, in which he held the...
Mighty with the Mallet. New York, New York: Dodger heroes Sandy Amoros and Duke Snider "wield the willow" in the dressing room after wielding against...
New Orleans,LA:Mel Ott,one of the all-time greats of the New York Giants,now is a Vice-President of the Milan Engineering Company in New Orleans.Mel...
On hand for opening day of spring training February 22, at Vero Beach, are these world champion Brooklyn Dodger catchers. In front are Roy Campanella...
Sandy Saddler , world's featherweight champion, peppers the head of Lulu Perez with a series of lefts and rights in the third session of their...
Nautilus Periscope. Groton, Connecticut: Dean L. Axene, USN, Columbus, Ohio, looks through the periscope of the USS Nautilus, the world's first...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has just received this painting by Salvador Dali of The Crucifixion as a gift from Chester Dale, well known collector...
Calling While He's Out. New York: As Elston Howard slides, Umpire Jim Honochick calls him out on a force play at second and Peewee Reese throws to...
