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  • TitleNext season
  • Call NumberDODG_1035
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo baseball players standing together in conversation on edge of baseball field, probably at military base in Fort Lee, Virginia; lighting pole and military barracks in background. Press release on verso: "Next Season: Johnny Rutherford, who was with the Brooklyn Dodgers in their 1952 pennant drive is shown talking (r) with former Chicago Cub catcher Harry Chiti when their respective Army teams met recently. Joe's [i.e., Johnny's] record is 6-1 with Fort Jackson (37-7) while the baby Bruin is hitting .319 with the powerful Fort Lee (41-4) aggregation. Lee took the measure of Jackson two games out of three."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed label on verso. On verso: date typed: 22 June 1954.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- Virginia -- Fort Lee ; Military training camps -- Virginia -- Fort Lee
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationFort Lee (Va.)
  • 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.