About This Item

  • TitleNot a new face
  • Call NumberDODG_1029
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryPittsburgh Pirates outfielder Jim Russell, who later played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, seen from the shoulders up against neutral background. Caption on verso: "Not a New Face: Jim Russell, rookie outfielder with Pirates, is no newcomer to Brooklyn. He resided here for several years before returning to his native Fayetteville."
  • Date1943
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 12, 1943. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks; "Jim Russell" inscriped on bottom of recto.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team) ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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.