About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0966
  • TitleFor interracial advancement
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson presenting honorary plaque to man in suit; location unknown. Caption on verso: "For Interracial Advancement: Jackie Robinson, star second basemen of the Dodgers, presents annual gold award of George Washington Carver Memoirial Institute to Lewis S. Rosenstiel, chariman of board of Schenley Industries, Inc., for establishing 'prejudice-free opportunity' in that company. Robinson was the recipient last year."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan. 6, 1951; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRobinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Businessmen -- 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: Robinson, Jackie: Awards