About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_1024
  • TitleRussell Rose
  • SummaryHalf-length portrait against neutral background of Brooklyn Dodgers farm team shortstop Russell Rose in uniform. Caption: "Russell Rose . . . and a rose by no other name would smell so sweet to the hard-boiled overseers of the Dodger plantations . . . Took this 21-year-old exactly two seasons in minor-league ball to be rated the best shortstop in his league . . . ".
  • 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. 3, 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.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Sports: Baseball: Dodgers: Rose, Russell