About This Item

  • TitleReady to sign
  • Call NumberDODG_0737
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe (in Dodgers jersey) posing with Dodgers pitcher Billy Loes (in street clothes); Loes holding baseball numbered "54"; location unknown. Caption: "Ready to Sign: Don Newcombe, ace Dodger hurler who receives his Army discharge shortly, is ready to sign his contract with Brooklyn. Big Newk is shown with Billy Loes, who is expected to sign soon."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 29, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNewcombe, Don, 1926- ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.