About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0147
  • TitleJack Elkins
  • SummaryHalf-length portrait against neutral background of Brooklyn Dodgers farm team catcher Jack Elkins in uniform. Caption: "Jack Elkins . . . another Southern gen'man in the Dodger organization, this one being personally scouted, signed and sealed by Frank Rickey, brother of Branch . . . And since he received the personal okay of this redoubtable connoisseur of ivory, he is regarded as a fine prospect despite two rather indifferent seasons . . . ".
  • 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. 4, 1949. Retouched ; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • 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: Elkins, Jack