About This Item

  • TitleIt can't be that bad
  • Call NumberDODG_1052
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers scout Ted McGrew, standing in locker room of Ebbets field in a Dodgers uniform, struggling to close belt. Caption on verso: "It Can't Be That Bad!: Ted McGrew, Dodgers' chief scout, who played baseball so long ago that he won't talk about it, gets into uniform for a workout. Manager Leo Durocher doesn't think the man-power situation will be so bad that he will have to put Ted under a player contract."
  • Date1943
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 20, 1943. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Employees ; Baseball scouts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Locker rooms -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.