About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0674
  • Title[Russ Meyer with ball and glove]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0670, DODG 0671), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three identical images varying in cropping and retouching of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Russ Meyer holding baseball and looking over shoulder as if for catcher's signal; location unknown, perhaps spring training facility in Florida; 0670 (5 x 4 in.) unretouched, with trees in background against dark skyline; 0671 (6 x 5 in.) with trees in background partly obscured by retouching; 0674 (10 x 8 in.) with trees in background wholly obscured by retouching.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso of 0670: date stamped: Apr. 9, 1953; on verso of 0674: date stamped: Aug. 18, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. 0671 and 0674 retouched, with grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- 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: Meyer, Russ