About This Item


  • TitleJay Ver Crouse
  • Call NumberDODG_1133
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryHalf-length portrait against neutral background of Brooklyn Dodgers farm team pitcher Jay Ver Crouse in uniform. Caption: "Jay Norris Ver Crouse . . . an aristocratic-sounding name smacking of Dutch forbears who, sure enough, hails from Webster, N.Y., Old Amsterdam territory . . . A young man who is on the Forth Worth pitching roster but who has had no previous professional experience . . . ".
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 1, 1949. Retouched.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- 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.