About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0977
  • Title[Jackie Robinson in graduation gown]
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson, in graduation gown and mortarboard, using baseball bat to point to chalk board with diagram of a baseball field. Typed label on verso: "Jackie Robinson, the old professor of sports, turns up at television station WPIX-TV, for a rehearsal of his forthcoming TV program 'Jackie Robinson's Sports Classroom.'".
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 14, 1950; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRobinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Television programs -- 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: Robinson, Jackie: General