About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0634
  • TitleGilding the Leo
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher, in bath robe and pajamas, seated at table and gesturing with right arm. Caption: "Gilding the Leo: Dressed like an actor but talking like a big league manager, Leo Durocher of the Dodgers held press conference yesterday. Durocher greeted the scribes in baby blue pajamas and a multi-colored dressing gown that even overshadowed new Dodgers night game uniforms of jockey satin."
  • Date[1946]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Feb. 27, 1944. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • SubjectDurocher, Leo, 1906-1991 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball managers -- 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: Managers: Durocher, Leo: Portraits