About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0752
  • Title[Don Newcombe in pitching pose]
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe, apparently looking towards home plate before or after throw and wearing uniform of minor league Nashua Dodgers. Caption on verso: "Don Newcombe: Eagles, Dodger scouts reported him ripe for the big time. On the basis of his fine conditioning in South America and Panama, he got off to a breezy start with Nashua. Showing speed, a fine assortment of curves and a change of pace, he equalled his mark of .778 made the previous season with 14 victories and four setbacks."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: dates stamped: Jan. 23, 1947. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNewcombe, Don, 1926- ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; African American 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: Newcombe, Don: Portraits