About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0999
  • Title[Preacher Roe disposing of papers]
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers pitcher Preacher Roe (with pipe in mouth) sitting on bench in locker room of Ebbets Field and tossing papers into garbage can; one player (back to camera) in street clothes in background. Caption on verso: "Preacher Roe cleans out his locker as he prepares to return to his home in Arkansas after the season ended yesterday."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 2, 1950; "Eagle Sports Picture." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRoe, Preacher, 1916-2008 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Locker rooms -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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: Roe, Preacher: Portraits