About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0547
  • TitleHistoric cartoon
  • SummaryMan in suit standing next to open window and posing with framed cartoon of Brooklyn Dodgers player wearing crown and saying, 'How does it look, kid?' Caption: "Historic Cartoon: Borough Historian James A. Kelly is shown holding cartoon drawn by J. F. Meehan of the Brooklyn Eagle for the cover of the menu at the Dodger Knot-Hole Dinner on April 18. The prophecy, showing the Dodgers wearing the 1949 pennant crown, was signed by Branch Rickey and the entire team and placed in Brooklyn's Historic Archives."
  • Date1949
  • 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: Oct. 4, 1949; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Caricatures and cartoons -- New York (State) -- New York ; Middle-aged men -- 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: Knot-Hole Club