- Collection:
- Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated
- Title:
- Harwell, Ernie
- Creator:
- Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993
- Date of Original:
- 1947
- Subject:
- Sports
Journalism--Georgia--Atlanta
Clothing and dress--1940-1950
Atlanta Crackers (Baseball team)
Harwell, Ernie, 1918-
Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of broadcaster Ernie Harwell (seated) with other unidentifed men in the press box at Ponce de Leon Park in Atlanta, Georgia.
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 99.66.02
ahc099066002a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/Wilson/id/73
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Wilson:73/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:
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