About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0805
  • TitleDodger owners
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0804), some of which may also be described in this new record; Brooklyn Dodgers president Walter O'Malley clasping hands with woman in fur stole and peaked hat; images identical except for tighter cropping on 0805. Caption: "Dodger Owners: Walter F. O'Malley and Mrs. John F. Smith [i.e. Mrs. John L. Smith] strike a happy pose after announcing yesterday that they have purchased Branch Rickey's 25 percent share of the Dodgers. They now own 75 percent of the Dodger stock. Rickey is almost certain to get his walking papers tomorrow at a meeting of the directors."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0804. On verso of 0804: date stamped: Oct. 25, 1950; "Eagle Sports Picture."
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Malley, Walter F. (Walter Frank), 1903-1979 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball team owners -- 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: Officials: O'Malley, Walter: Portraits