About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0408
  • TitleJim Gilliam, slated for Phillies?
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0409, DODG 0410), some of which may also be described in this new record; Publicity shot of Brooklyn Dodgers infielder Junior Gilliam; images identical except for size, croppings, and retouchings; 0408 (10 x 8 in.) shows Gilliam at half-length, with indistinct field edged with trees in background; 0409 (8 x 5 in.) has background field eliminated and grease pencil cropping marks around Gilliam's head and torso; 0410 (8 x 5 in.) shows original image apparently tacked against wall, as in a photo of a photo.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0409. On verso of 0410: date stamped : Apr. 9, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. 0409 retouched, with grease pencil cropping marks.
  • 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: Gilliam, Junior: Portraits