About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_1004
  • TitleSave us, Preacher
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers pitcher Preacher Roe seen from the waist up and posing against empty sky, probably at the Dodgers spring training grounds in Florida. Caption on verso: "Save Us, Preacher: Manager Charley Dressen, who has called on Preacher Roe in some pretty tight spots before, is counting heavily on the Arkansas cornstalk to get the Dodgers off on the right foot in the three-game series which opened in Boston today."'.
  • Date1952
  • 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: Sep. 19, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRoe, Preacher, 1916-2008 ; Brooklyn 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: Roe, Preacher: Portraits