About This Item

  • TitleSouthern exposure
  • Call NumberDODG_0997
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers pitcher Preacher Roe and catcher Roy Campanella looking through screen used as a pitching backstop; field bordered by trees in background. Caption on verso: "Southern Exposure: Preacher Roe (left) and Roy Campanella relax in the shelter of a pitching backstop as they observe activities at the Dodgers' training base, Vero Beach, Fla. From the look of things, they appear quite satisfied."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: Mar. 3, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRoe, Preacher, 1916-2008 ; Campanella, Roy, 1921-1993 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Spring training -- Florida -- Vero Beach ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationVero Beach (Fla.)
  • 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.