About This Item

  • TitleWalter Rogers
  • Call NumberDODG_1011
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryHalf-length portrait against neutral background of Brooklyn Dodgers farm team infielder Walter Rogers in uniform. Caption: "Walter Rogers . . . a willowy, flashy infielder who is equally at home batting from either side of the plate . . . Valdosta in '46 was his first port of call and when he slugged away at a .314 clip was promoted to Nashua . . . ".
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 6, 1949. Retouched ; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn 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.