File:John Raymond Gora photo of Al Smith being doused with beer during 1959 World Series.png
John_Raymond_Gora_photo_of_Al_Smith_being_doused_with_beer_during_1959_World_Series.png (182 × 225 pixels, file size: 55 KB, MIME type: image/png)
Summary[edit]
| Description | Famous photograph of Chicago White Sox outfielder Al Smith being accidentally doused by a fan's beer during the 1959 world series |
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| Author or copyright owner |
Chicago Tribune staff photographer John Raymond Gora |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | The Hardball Times http://www.hardballtimes.com/cooperstown-confidential-thinking-about-al-smith/ |
| Date of publication | October 2, 1959 |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Al Smith (outfielder) |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s): "[Smith] is best remembered as the focal point of one of the most famous baseball photographs", and then there's a substantial paragraph describing the photo, the circumstances, claiming that "Smith enter[ed] baseball journalism history" and the impact of the photo's notoriety on him, and so forth. |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
n.a. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | Used once, in the one article, accompanying the paragraph in question. I reduced it to thumbnail size to reduce its commercial viability. |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
n.a. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Al Smith (outfielder)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Raymond_Gora_photo_of_Al_Smith_being_doused_with_beer_during_1959_World_Series.pngtrue | |
Licensing[edit]
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