US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Angel Jackets Dazzle Orbs of Diamond Fans," Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar 1936: 16. Wearing dress clothes, Biscailuz crouches above the dirt field wearing a mask and holding a ball and glove in front of a packed stadium. Sportsmen and civic notables attend the opening day. Handwritten on negative: Gene Biscailuz shown catching first ball at opening of Baseball season Wrigley Field 9/36 Text from newspaper caption: Although he couldn't reach the Mayor's first toss. Sheriff Gene Biscailuz snagged the second pitch. Here's the Sheriff as he looked behind the rubber. Text from negative sleeve: 4685 - Sheriff Gene Biscailuz catching first ball at opening of Baseball Season Wrigley Field 3/36 [stamped:] Apr 9-1936
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13889 ark:/21198/zz002j7cgd
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Baseball gloves Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles Balls (Sporting goods) Wrigley Field (Los Angeles, Calif.) Biscailuz, Eugene W., 1883-1969
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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