Dimaggio hit streak press photo

[frankh8147]

I recently stepped way out of my realm of knowledge (and comfort zone) to purchase a press photo of Joe Dimaggio which I matched to a Detroit Free Press newspaper article from June 30 1941 entitled "Dimaggio sets hitting mark" (a link to the newspaper on Ebay is below). I'm not too worried about value but being that I am new new to press photos, I was wondering if this picture was only used for this article or if it was probably used in others. Also, I was to curious as to whether this is the only copy of this press photo, or if there are others. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated; thanks!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOE-DIMAGGIO...ht_10570wt_952

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[Ladder7]

Great image. Joe complained about Dietrich's breath. His couldn't have been that much better ... Though not an identical pose, your shot appears to be from the same sitting as his DP card. (The shirt and cap seems to match.)

[frankh8147]

[QUOTE=Ladder7;999243]Great image. Joe complained about Dietrich's breath. His couldn't have been that much better ... Though not an identical pose, your shot appears to be from the same sitting as his DP card. (The shirt and cap seems to match.)

Thanks for pointing that out! I do stand corrected however on my title; I looked at the article a little closer and realized that this article correlated to the 42nd game in the hitting streak (for the 'modern day' hitting record). Still cool but not as cool as #44 would have been!

[Splinte1941]

Originally Posted by frankh8147

I recently stepped way out of my realm of knowledge (and comfort zone) to purchase a press photo of Joe Dimaggio which I matched to a Detroit Free Press newspaper article from June 30 1941 entitled "Dimaggio sets hitting mark" (a link to the newspaper on Ebay is below). I'm not too worried about value but being that I am new new to press photos, I was wondering if this picture was only used for this article or if it was probably used in others. Also, I was to curious as to whether this is the only copy of this press photo, or if there are others. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated; thanks!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOE-DIMAGGIO...ht_10570wt_952

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Those choppers and Marilyn Monroe. What a combo...

[thecatspajamas]

Offhand, I'm not sure. My gut is saying that it could be a head shot taken earlier that was pulled out of the file to run with the hit streak story, but I don't know that for sure.

I did do a quick google image search and turned up this website:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/bas...ks/july61.html

that uses the same article and credits the source as the National Baseball Library Hall of Fame Cooperstown, NY (though that probably just means that the photo they used came from the Hall's photo archives).

If I find anything else, I'll let you know.

[GKreindler]

Definitely an earlier shot. Judging from the background of trees and such, I would imagine it's from spring training of some year. And, by the darkness and thickness of Yankee pinstripes, most likely earlier than 1940...

Either way, ya can't go wrong with a young Joe D!!

Graig

[thecatspajamas]

For comparison's sake:

[GKreindler]

And of course, I found the image used for the DP on Corbis, and they list a '41 date. This is where Eddie Murphy emphatically yells, "in dee face!"

...but at least I think I was right with the spring training bit.

[frankh8147]

Thanks for the input, it's greatly appreciated! From what i have gathered so far, it seems like i have a lot more research to do. To be honest, i'm having a lot of fun with this!

[GKreindler]

Frank, you'll find that having fun is the most important part.

Graig

[drc]

As mentioned, it was probably an image they pulled out of the file for the special occasion. Though that the image was used on the Double Play card will make it more desirable and valuable to collectors.