About This Item

  • TitleLeo and the law
  • Call NumberDODG_0630
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher and three other men seated at table in courtroom; rows of spectators (all male) seated behind them. Caption: "Leo and the Law: In Kings County Court today a quiet Lippy Leo Durocher, Dodger manager, pensively watches selection of jury to try him on assault charges. Left to right are Hyman Barshay, Durocher's lawyer; Durocher, Joseph Moore, Ebbets Field special patrolman, on trial with him, and State Senator Louis B. Heller, Moore's counsel."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Apr. 22, 1946; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDurocher, Leo, 1906-1991 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball managers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Courthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Trials (Assault and battery) -- 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.