Ralph Morse
Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson Charging Wildly from Third Base as Unwary NY Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra Squats behind Dodger Batter during Jackie's Steal of Home Plate during Eighth Inning of the First Game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium

Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson Charging Wildly from Third Base as Unwary NY Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra Squats behind Dodger Batter during Jackie's Steal of Home Plate during Eighth Inning of the First Game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium

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Artist Ralph Morse (American, 1918–2014)American, 1918–2014

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Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson Charging Wildly from Third Base as Unwary NY Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra Squats behind Dodger Batter during Jackie's Steal of Home Plate during Eighth Inning of the First Game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium

Date1955

PlaceNew York City, New York, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 1/2 × 11 5/8 in. (26.7 × 29.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 12 3/8 in. (27 × 31.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by David T. Harvin, Charles Schwartz, and Don Teague in honor of Lee Godfrey and Harry Reasoner at "One Great Night in November, 2010"

Object number2011.250

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History“Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 9–May 4, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Black, blue and red inscriptions on verso relating to Time-Life cataloging.

Unsigned

Typed, stamped and labeled on verso with a variety of identifying marks from Time-Life. See photo-copy in accession file for all marks.

"LIFE LPHOTO / BY RALPH MORSE," "TIME INC. / PICTURE COLLECTION," "USED IN LIFE OCT 10 1955," "Daring dash brings Brooklyn's Jackie Robinson Charging wildly toward home plate on steal. It came unexpectedly"

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