About This Item

  • Title[Don Newcombe checking oil]
  • Call NumberDODG_0738
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe checking the oil on his car, presumably at his home in Colonia, New Jersey; blurry trees and bushes in background.
  • Date[1949?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectNewcombe, Don, 1926- ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; African American baseball players -- New Jersey -- Colonia ; Automobiles -- Maintenance and repair
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceNew Jersey
  • 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.