About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_1111
  • Title[Dazzy Vance with grandsons]
  • SummaryRetired Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Dazzy Vance fishing on river bank with his two young grandsons, probably near his retirement home in Homosassa Springs, Florida. Caption on verso: "Borough President Cashmore today proclaimed next Monday as 'Dazzy Vance Day' in Brooklyn when the ex-Dodger righthander, the first local modern player ever elected to baseball's Hall of Fame, will be honored at Borough Hall at 11:45 a.m. . . . ".
  • Date1955
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 27, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- Florida -- Homosassa Springs ; Retirees -- Florida -- Homosassa Springs ; Grandparent and child -- Florida -- Homosassa Springs ; Fishing -- Florida -- Homosassa Springs
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationHomosassa Springs (Fla.)
  • 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: Vance, Dazzy: General