About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0648
  • TitleSecond choice?
  • SummaryBurt Shotton, who later managed the Brooklyn Dodgers, shown sitting in dugout with two boys, all three wearing uniform of the Philadelphia Phillies, the team Shotton managed from 1928 to 1933. Caption: "Second Choice?: Burt Shotton, a strong candidate for the Brooklyn job, has age as a disadvantage. Burt is 58 years old. Photo shows Shotton and his two sons, Jim (left) and Burt Jr. (right) when Burt was in Philadelphia."
  • Date[1931?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: earliest date inscribed: July 1/31; photographer's stamp.
  • CreatorWide World Photos, Inc.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectShotton, Burt ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team) ; Baseball managers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Father and child -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
  • 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: Managers: Shotton, Burt: II