About This Item

  • Title[Preacher Roe reading newspaper]
  • Call NumberDODG_1000
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers pitcher Preacher Roe (with pipe in mouth) sitting on bench in locker room of Ebbets Field and reading newspaper.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: June 15, 1949. Retouched.
  • SubjectRoe, Preacher, 1916-2008 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Locker rooms -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Reading -- New York (State) -- New York ; American newspapers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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.