About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_1023
  • TitleAugust Rosa
  • SummaryHalf-length portrait against neutral background of Brooklyn Dodgers farm team infielder August Rosa in uniform. Caption: "August Rosa . . . still another case of a youth who skipped up the ladder by twos and fours in the brief span of two seasons . . . A left-hand hitting infielder with Mobile, early in '47 he was just another bookworm in Library, Pa. . . . ".
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 21, 1949. Retouched ; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • 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: Rosa, August