Authentic, Vintage Black White Photograph. Identified as Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Walter Alston on his 9-year-old mare Dusty. Official Associated Press news agency photograph. Dated 1965. Measures approximately 8x10 including white border. Condition: This is an original photograph, not a copy or reproduction. It is in excellent condition aside from a bent corner tip. Comments: Walter Emmons Alston (December 1, 1911 - October 1, 1984), nicknamed "Smokey", was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is best known for managing the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1954 through 1976, and signed 23 one-year contracts with the team. He had a calm, reticent demeanor, for which he was sometimes also known as "The Quiet Man."