About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0514
  • TitleForrest Jacobs
  • SummaryHalf-length portrait against neutral background of Brooklyn Dodgers farm team second baseman Forrest Jacobs in uniform. Caption: "Forrest Jacobs . . . whose somewhat impressive first handle is buttressed by the even more imposing 'Vandergrift' as his middle tag . . . One of the Flock farmhands who earned 'most valuable player' distinction last year . . . That was with Asheville . . . His right-hand hitting and second-base fielding gave him the accolade for the Tri-State League . . . ".
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 22, 1949. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball 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: Jacobs, Forrest