Taken at the drop-off canopy of The Soreno Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida. Opened in 1924, the hotel operated for 68 years, ultimately being demolished by controlled implosion in 1992 (as seen in the film Lethal Weapon 3). DATE: 1947-48 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original - Printed from the original negative in the time period in which it was shot TEAM: New York Yankees SUBJECTS: Chuck Dressen, Billy Johnson, Ralph Houk, Others Unidentified APPROXIMATE SIZE: 10"x8-1/8" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Charles Walter Dressen was born in 1898 in Decatur, IL and died in 1966 in Detroit, MI. He played major league baseball from 1925 to 1933 as infielder for the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Giants. Dressen played as a quarterback for George Halas in the American Professional Football Association, prior to its name-change to the NFL, and then played a couple more seasons in the NFL. Dressen managed the 1934-37 Cincinnati Reds, 1951-53 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1955-57 Washington Senators, 1960-61 Milwaukee Braves and the 1963-66 Detroit Tigers. He was a Brooklyn Dodgers coach from 1939 to 1946 and a member of the New York Yankees staff in 1947 and 1948. William Russell Johnson (Bull) was born in Montclair, NJ and died in 2006 in Augusta, GA. He played major league baseball from 1943 to 1953 as infielder for the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals, appeared in the 1943, 1947, 1949 and 1950 World Series, and was selected in 1947 as an All-Star. He died June 20, 2006 in Augusta, GA. Ralph George Houk (Major) was born in 1919 in Lawrence, KS and died in 2010 in Winter Haven, FL. He played major league baseball from 1947 to 1954 as catcher for the New York Yankees, and appeared in the 1947 and 1952 World Series. After a stint as a Yankees coach, Houk succeeded Casey Stengel at the helm of the club from 1961 to 1963, taking the team to the World Series all three years and winning them twice. He then became the team's General Manager from 1963 to 1966, when he stepped down to manage the club for a second time (1966-73). He went on to manage the Detroit Tigers (1974-78) and the Boston Red Sox (1981-84), retiring in 1984, but never made it to the post-season again. SKU: XP13251
Item: XP13251
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