SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0741), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe in office with Dodgers executive Buzzy Bavasi; 0741 shows Newcombe and Bavasi standing on radiator and pointing to chalkboard numbered 1 to 20 (bottom to top), presumbaly the number of victories Newcombe was expected to win; 0742 shows Newcombe and Bavasi seated at desk, with both men holding baseball and Newcombe signing contract. Caption on verso of 0742: "Happy Talk: Don Newcombe, star Dodger hurler, left, and Dodger vice president Buzzy Bavasi are in a jovial mood as Don signs his 1951 working papers for a figure believed to be $15,000. Newcombe won 19 games for the Flock last season."
SubjectNewcombe, Don, 1926- ; Bavasi, Buzzie ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Employees ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Contracts -- New York (State) -- New York
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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