About This Item

  • TitleJackie thrills homeless kids
  • Call NumberDODG_0975
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson, in suit, with two toddlers, one sitting on striped sofa, one sitting on rocking horse. Caption on verso: "Jackie Thrills Homeless Kids: Jackie Robinson, Dodger star, gives kids in Child Placing and Adoption Committee office a double boost. He gave them autographed baseballs and bats and also issued call for persons interested in adopting or boarding youngsters to write to him care of the Brooklyn Dodgers."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 17, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRobinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Toddlers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphans -- 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.