About This Item

  • TitleNew uniform, new pal
  • Call NumberDODG_0976
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers infielder Jackie Robinson and Dodgers pitcher Don Bankhead standing before lockers and conversing; each holding a baseball shoe. Caption on verso: "New Uniform, New Pal: Don Bankhead, left, newly acquired pitcher, meets Jackie Robinson, Dodger first sacker, in Ebbets Field locker room before today's game. He pitched relief against the Pirates today, htting a homer his first time at bat."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 26, 1947; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRobinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Locker rooms -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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.