About This Item

  • TitleBall player honored
  • Call NumberDODG_0964
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers Jackie Robinson receiving a Bible and a framed testimonial from three men (two white and one black). Caption on verso: "Ball Player Honored: Jackie Robinson, Dodger infielder, is shown receiving the citation and Bible with which he was presented at the annual dinner of the Brooklyn Division of the Protestant Council for outstanding 'Christian citizienship.' Left to right: Jackie, the Rev. Dr. John Emerson Zeiter, new division president; former Justice Edward A. Richards, president of the East New York Savings Bank, who made the presentation, and the Rev. Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, retiring president of the division."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan. 31, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRobinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Protestant men -- New York (State) -- New York ; Award presentations -- 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.