Newsreel clip on 17-year-old Ed Cereghino accepting a $50,000 bonus to sign a contract with the New York Yankees organization in 1951. View of Cereghino signing the contract with Yankee scout Joe Devine (in suit) and Cereghino's parents watching. Cereghino tosses a baseball with his father over a fence with barbed wire. Announcer notes Cereghino will be joining the Yankees' minor-league club in San Francisco, the Seals, managed by former National League batting champion Lefty O'Doul, seen at right. Cereghino pitches his first game for the Seals with his parents in the stands. He loses, but gets a kiss from his mother afterward. (Note: Cereghino would pitch eight years in the minor leagues but never make to the Yankees or any other major league club.)
240 Naval Reserve Mid-Shipmen fight it out for possession of a giant ball in Little Creek, Virginia. They rough it out with all out scramble on the playing field. It's a battle all the way. The words 'Recreational Division U.S. Naval Amphibious base Little Creek VA' are visible on the ball.
View of the San Francisco harbor, United States. Vessel passes under the Golden Gate Bridge which is still under construction.
Workers unload goods from the vessel at Los Angeles harbor, United States. View of equipment and ropes on the freighter. Huge heap of copra (dyed kernel of the coconut) lying on the ground.
View of New Orleans seaport of United States. Concrete grain elevator unloads grain from the cargo ship through suction pipe. Unloading bunches of bananas from the ship. 1935
Cotton ginning at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Row of horse carts carry seed cotton. It is weighed and unloaded through suction conveyor into the gin after cleaning. The gin roll separates seed and lint by saws. Moisture is added at the gin lint flue on cotton and separated by air blast. Dirt and trash are separated from cotton seed.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.