About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0607
  • TitleLost to Dodgers
  • SummaryHalf-length portrait against neutral background of Chicago Cubs (later White Sox) pitcher Omar "Turk" Lown in Brooklyn Dodgers uniform. Caption: ""Lost to Dodgers: Omar Lown, Brooklyn-born hurler, who was drafted yesterday by the Chicago Cubs from the Dodgers farm at Montreal. Omar won 13 and lost 9 last season with the Royals."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 17, 1950; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • 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: Lown, Omar