About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0053
  • TitleMaking a Brooklyn rooter happy again
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella balancing bat under arm and signing autograph for fan. Caption: "Making a Brooklyn Rooter Happy Again: Harvey Gilman, 12, watches Roy Campanella sign his new autograph in Dodger dugout at Ebbets Field. The book replaces one which Harvey lost just after Roy signed it the last time the Dodgers were in town."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 15, 1950; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCampanella, Roy, 1921-1993 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Autographing -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Baseball fans -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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: Campanella, Roy: I