About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0848
  • TitleDown Mexico way
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers outfielder Luis Olmo leaning on bat and looking into camera; background obscured by retouching. Caption: "Down Mexico Way: Luis Olmo has signed a three year contract with the Mexican Baseball League, according to reports in Puerto Rico, where Ernest Carmona, league magnate, has been negotiating the deal for more than a week. Olmo, hard-hitting Dodger outfielder who batted .313 in 141 games, will receive between $13,000 and $14,000. Luis claims the Dodgers, with whom he has played three years, offered him a contract for $7,500."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 18, 1946. Retouched.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectOlmo, Luis, 1919- ; Brooklyn 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: Olmo, Luis