About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0980
  • TitlePennant goes up in Times Square
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson (in tuxedo) standing under marquee with his wife, Brooklyn Borough President John Cashmore, and others; pennant reading "Brooklyn" stretched over their heads; policemen and others in background. Caption on verso: "Pennant Goes Up in Times Square: Before premiere of 'The Jackie Robinson Story," Borough President Cashmore and Robinson raise Dodgers' National League flag over marquee of Astor Theater, Manhattan, while Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Cashmore look on."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 17, 1950; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched.
  • CreatorMetropolitan Photo Service
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRobinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 ; Robinson, Rachel, 1922- ; Cashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Politicians -- New York (State) -- New York ; Motion picture premieres -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationTimes Square (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