About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0579
  • TitleJohn Le Gros
  • SummaryHalf-length portrait against neutral background of Brooklyn Dodgers farm team infielder John Le Gros (or LeGros) in uniform. Caption: "John Le Gros . . . who proved the Dodgers don't always pick 'em off the bushes in full bloom . . . In John's case, he was snatched up last year after the Phils had weighed him in the Terre Haute Club balance and found him wanting . . . But when he arrived at Greenwood in May, soon after being severed from the Phils, he clouted .337 in 69 games . . . ".
  • 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: Le Gros, John