About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0799
  • TitleDodgers rooting for her
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers president Walter O'Malley autographing baseball at desk. Caption on verso: "Dodgers Rooting for Her: Walter F. O'Malley, Dodger president, adds his signature to a ball autographed by entire team to be sent to a stricken and homesick 18-year-old Brooklyn girl in a Denver hospital. Copy of Dodger Year Book was also sent."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 10, 1951; "Eagle Staff Photo by Kruh." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Malley, Walter F. (Walter Frank), 1903-1979 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball team owners -- New York (State) -- New York ; Autographing -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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