About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0970
  • Title[Jackie Robinson reading to his children]
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson seated in armchair with one of his sons seated on his lap, with his other son and daughter seated on either side of him; microphone on table next to Robinson, and man in suit setting up lighting, apparently for television or photography shoot, in left background; location unknown, possibly a studio or Robinson's post-Dodgers home in Stamford, Connecticut.
  • Date[195-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectRobinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Family ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; African American families -- 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: Robinson, Jackie: Family