About This Item


  • Title[Ford Frick and Roger Angell]
  • Call NumberDODG_0765
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo men in suits posing for picture in office at unknown location; framed painting of a man and boy playing baseball in background. Typed label on verso: "Ford Frick, Commissioner of Baseball, accepts a bound copy of the May issue of Holiday magazine from Roger Angell, associate editor of Holiday. In Mr. Angell's article, "Baseball -- The Perfect Game," he explains why baseball is America's national pastime and what makes an adult American sit under a broiling Sun in order to scream or pray over the flight of a ball."
  • Date[1954?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectFrick, Ford C ; Angell, Roger ; Baseball commissioners ; Sportswriters
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Place[Location unknown]
  • 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.