About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_1037
  • TitleGeo-baseball
  • SummaryYoung man pointing to Mexico on globe atop crowded desk in office; sign on wall next to him reads "5th Annual International Baseball Classic / Brooklyn Against the World / Brooklyn Eagle All Stars Vs. Montreal All Stars . . . " Caption on verso: "Geo-Baseball: Even ardent Brooklynites thought the Dodgers and the Eagle had a lot of crust to challenge the world to a sandlot baseball series in 1946 . . . At the right, Frank Graham Jr. executive secretary of the [Brooklyn Amateur Baseball] Foundation, spins a globe and points to Montreal [sic], where the 1950 series will be concluded Aug. 18 and 19."
  • Date1950
  • 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: Jul. 30, 1950. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Employees ; Sports promoters -- 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: Sandlot Ball Players