About This Item

  • TitleLooking ahead
  • Call NumberWORK_0774
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Looking ahead--Postmaster Quigley, Branch Rickey, Ralph Branca, and Dodger, Mel [i.e. Cal] Abrams. Quigley and Rickey are holding a large package labeled, "From The Dodgers to the Brooklyn fans, Brooklyn, N. Y.; contents: 1948 World Series Championship." Image includes poster below package with text, "Protect your home from tuberculosis. Buy Easter Seals."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 30, 1947; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKaufman, Irving
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Packaging -- New York (State) -- New York ; Postal service -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Posters -- 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.