About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0740
  • Title[Don Newcombe in basketball uniform]
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe posing with basketball before curtained wall. Caption on verso: "Don Newcombe, Dodger pitching ace, who is currently playing with Brooklyn All Stars Monday nights on the stage of the Brooklyn Paramount Theater. Team faces Bombers tomorrow night."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 1, 1950. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNewcombe, Don, 1926- ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; African American basketball 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: General