About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0911
  • Title[Red Barber receiving award]
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers radio announcer Red Barber receiving Jewish War Veterans Award for entertaining 4,000 soldiers, sailors, marines, and hospitalized veterans at Ebbets Field on August 26, 1953; Barber smiling as he receives plaque in unmarked interior; location unknown. Typed label on verso: "Pictured above left to right is Kings County Jewish War Veteran Commander Jerry Cohen; Red Barber; Center, Sidney Laxmeter, Jewish War Veteran Chairman for the event; Gen[eral Withers] Buress; and extreme right, Mrs. Rose Schwager, Kings County Jewish War Veterans Ladies Auxilliary."
  • Date[1953?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBarber, Red, 1908-1992 ; Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Sportscasters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Jewish veterans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Award presentations -- 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: Players: General