About This Item

  • Title[Dolph Camilli with sons]
  • Call NumberDODG_0064
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMan in Brooklyn Dodgers jacket and two boys looking at cattle behind fence in pasture; dirt road behind them; farm house and fields in background. Typed caption on verso: "What happens to former big league ball players? Well some of them like DOLPH CAMILLI, ex first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, settle down on a California ranch. Camilli now owns a cattle spread where he and his wife are rearing their seven children. Here he is shown helping son, Douglas, 15, left, pick out some cattle for exhibition at the 1952 Grand National Junior Livestock Exposition in the San Francisco Cow Palace. Son Don, 5, picks out his favorite."
  • Date[1952?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: photographer's stamp.
  • CreatorKing, Tom
  • SubjectCamilli, Dolph ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Fathers and sons -- California ; Baseball players -- Retirement -- California ; Ranchers -- California ; Ranches -- California
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationCalifornia
  • 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.