About This Item


  • Title[Six men at banquet table]
  • Call NumberDODG_0546
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree men in suits seated at banquet table, and three man in suits standing behind them, all looking at paper held by seated man in center." Caption: "Officers of the Dodgers Knot-Hole Club, whose purpose is to provide free ball games at Ebbets Field and 'to help develop clean manhood' among youthful Brooklyn fans. Seated, left to right -- Howard A. Sheibler, vice president; George C. Wildermuth, president; Sixth Deputy Police Commissioner John H. Morris, vice president. Standing, left to right -- Edmund C. Donovan, treasurer; H. McNeill Privette, vice president, and Branch Rickey Jr., secretary."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: June 3/39; photographer's stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorPinney, Roy
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRickey, Branch, 1914-1961 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Middle-aged men -- 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.