SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0556), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Sandy Koufax standing with two men in suits before chalk board inscribed with team rosters; 0555 shows Koufax holding baseball up, with man at right supporting his arm; 0556 shows Koufax extending arm with ball as the other two men extend their arms with him. Caption: "First-Hand View of Lefty Flipper: Sanford (Sandy) Koufax, Brooklyn's 18-year-old pitching prospect from the University of Cincinnati, drops in at Flock's downtown office to say hello during Christmas holidays. Admiring his southpaw flipper are veep Fresco Thompson, right, and Scout Al Campanis, who signed him."
NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0555. On verso of 0555: date stamped: Dec. 23, 1954; "Eagle Sports Photo by Mickey Senko"; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. 0555 retouched, with grease pencil cropping marks.
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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