Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0982, DODG 0983, DODG 0984, DODG 0985, DODG 0986, DODG 0988), some of which may also be described in this new record; Seven images of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Preacher Roe with his family, presumably at their home at unidentified location in Brooklyn; 0982 shows Roe sitting on stoop with his four-year-old son Tommy on his lap, his wife seated in folding chair next to him, and their nine-yer-old son Elwin Jr. between them; 0983 shows Roe seated in arm chair apparently reading a book to his older son, while his younger son sits on the floor and watches his mother turning on a television set; 0984 shows Roe sampling his wife's cooking from a frying pan that she holds over a stove; 0985 shows Roe tossing a ball with his two sons, presumably on the front lawn of their home; 0986 shows Roe and his two sons pushing lawnmower together, presumably on the back lawn of their home; 0987 shows younger son with cowboy hat and toy pistol "holding up" his father and older brother; 0988 shows Roe (with pipe) holding fishing rod and lure, possibly in the basement of his house.
SubjectRoe, Preacher, 1916-2008 -- Family ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Families -- New York (State) -- New York
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