Joe DiMaggio Advertisement for Wheaties
Description
A color slide of an advertisement for Wheaties cereal featuring a full-length illustration of Joe DiMaggio posing in a batting position. DiMaggio is wearing a New York Yankees road uniform. He looks upward over his left arm as he swings the baseball bat visible behind his right shoulder. Smaller images at the bottom of the advertisement include headshots of Pepper Martin, swimmer Lenore Kight Wingard, Arky Vaughan, Lefty Grove, swimmer Jane Fauntz, and Bob Feller inside multiple colored stars.
Player(s)
DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999; Martin, Pepper, 1904-1965; Vaughan, Arky, 1912-1952; Grove, Lefty, 1900-1975; Feller, Bob, 1918-2010
Team(s)
New York - AL; St. Louis - NL (1892-)
League(s)
American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, National League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Picture Date
1937–1937
Subject
Hall of famers; Batting (Baseball); Swimmers; Olympic athletes.; Advertising--Cereals, Prepared; Breakfast cereals.
Source
Unknown
Stadium
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Folder Name / Binder
Slides A-Z: Dea-Dim
Photographer
Unknown
Media Type
Slides (photographs)