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- Collection:
- Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated
- Title:
- Harwell, Ernie
- Creator:
- Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993
- Date of Original:
- 1947
- Subject:
- Mayors--Georgia--Atlanta
Sports
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Hartsfield, William Berry, 1890-1971
Harwell, Ernie, 1918- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Atlanta Crackers broadcaster Ernie Harwell (left) receiving the key to the city from Atlanta Mayor William B. Hartsfield.
Georgia native Ernie Harwell began his broadcasting career on WSB Radio in Atlanta in 1940. He was the voice of the Atlanta Crackers baseball team until 1948 when He began broadcasting games for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He would later do play-by-play commentary for the New York Giants, the Baltimore Orioles, and the Detroit Tigers. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1998. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 99.66.01
ahc099066001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/Wilson/id/72
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Wilson:72/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Bill Wilson Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights: