About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0017
  • TitleDodger leaders shake hands
  • SummaryMan in baseball uniform shaking hands with unseen man at right; location unknown, perhaps Brooklyn Dodgers spring training facility in Florida; image cut to eliminate man at right. Caption: "[Dod]ger Leaders Shake Hands: Manager Walter [Alsto]n (left) and Captain Pee Wee Reese [not pictured] seem to be [in co]mplete agreement on plans to bring another pen[nant] to Flatbush this season."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 2, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAlston, Walter, 1911-1984 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball managers ; Spring training (Baseball) ; Handshaking
  • 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: Alston, Walter: Dated