About This Item

  • Title[Jackie Robinson taking practice swing]
  • Call NumberDODG_0404
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson taking practice swing on field bordered by trees in distant background; location unknown, possibly the Dodgers spring training grounds in Florida.
  • Date[ca. 1947]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectRobinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Spring training -- Florida ; Batting (Baseball)
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationFlorida
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.