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Photograph caption dated October 29, 1957 reads "Los Angeles was bustin' out all over yesterday at the Statler Hotel where the spirited civic welcome luncheon was held to officially greet the transplanted Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. At left, New York Yankee owner Del Webb, Mayor Norris Poulson and Dodger president Walter O'Malley are cuttin' capers."
Webb, Del E.,--1899-1974 Poulson, Norris,--1895-1982 O'Malley, Walter,--1903-1979 Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team) New York Yankees (Baseball team) Statler Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.) Mayors Baseball team owners Men Handshaking Los Angeles (Calif.)
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