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Title
Mike Donlan and "Cap" Dillon
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1926
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Mike Donlin was born on May 30, 1878. He was a Major League Baseball outfilder with several teams. He later became an actor and had minor roles in several films. He died in 1933. Frank Edward "Pop" Dillon was born on October 17, 1873 in Normal, Illinois. He was a Major League Baseball first baseman with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles, and Brooklyn Superbas. He was populary know as "Cap" Dillon. After his playing career ended, Dillon was a player and manager for many years with the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League. He died in 1931.
First photograph caption dated October 28, 1926 reads "Remember when Frank 'Cap' Dillon cavorted around first base for the Angels, and handled the celestial job of managing them? Well, he's a golfer now, and says the game is a 'wow' compared with baseball. In this picture 'Cap', at right, talks over his card with 'Mike' Donlin, famous veteran big leaguer."; Second photograph caption dated March 26, 1940 reads "Heroes of another day in baseball."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00115871
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 81
CARL0005343011
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/31952
Subject
Dillon, Frank Edward
Donlin, Mike
Baseball players--United States
Baseball managers--United States
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Men--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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