About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0644
  • Title[Wilbert Robinson tossing ball]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0645), some of which may also be described in this new record; Studio portrait of Wilbert Robinson, later Brooklyn Dodgers manager, shown as a young man wearing athletic uniform and tossing ball into air; 0644 (7 x 4 in.) printed on hard board, with "Gilbert & Bacon" printed at bottom of recto; 0645 (10 x 8 in.) reproduction of same image, lacking "Gilbert & Bacon" label.
  • Date1916
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso of 0644: date stamped: Jul. 2, 1916; Gilbert & Bacon label; Brooklyn Daily Eagle stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorGilbert & Bacon
  • SubjectRobinson, Wilbert, 1863-1934 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball managers -- 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
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Sports: Baseball: Dodgers: Managers: Robinson, Wilbert