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Title
Better than the Mets, eh Casey?
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Ralph Samuels Valley Photo
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1962
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated July 7, 1962 reads, "In fact, 'Who needs the Mets?' chuckles Casey Stengel, the New York team's manager, as Tommy and Willie Davis present him with a team trophy emblematic of the Toluca Lake Little League championship, won by their Stengel-sponsored 'Bankers' from Ol' Casey's Valley National Bank. Pictured, from left, are Stengel, John P. Davis Jr., team manager and father, third baseman Tommy, 12, and outfielder Willie, 9."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00052332
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d062_f12_i4
CARL0000055889
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/41346
Subject
Stengel, Casey
Stengel, Casey--Awards
Toluca Lake Little League
Baseball managers--United States
Little League baseball--California--Los Angeles
Baseball players--United States
Boys--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Fathers and sons--California--Los Angeles
Toluca Lake (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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