About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0628
  • TitleAfter the verdict-- congratulations
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers executive Branch Rickey standing behind desk, with his arm around manager Leo Durocher; third man in suit looking on. Caption: "After the Verdict-- Congrtulations: Leo (The Lip) Durocher, left, is congratulated by his boss, Branch Rickey, center, in the office of the Dodgers, following the acquittal of the baseball manager yesterday on a charge of assaulting a fan at Ebbets Field. Looking on is John J. Breslin, associate defense counsel at the trial."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Apr. 26, 1946; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDurocher, Leo, 1906-1991 ; Rickey, Branch, 1881-1965 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball managers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball team owners -- 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: General