About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0652
  • TitleTwo minds with single thought
  • SummaryMan and boy, both wearing baseball caps, holding bat together; bat rack and chalk board in background. Caption: "Two Minds with Single Thought: Manager Burt Shotton of the Dodgers and his grandson, Burt III, 12 years old, look over a bat the youngster admires most in the Dodger dugout. Young Shotton's ambition is to become a Dodger and his grandpa hopes his dreams come true."
  • Date1949
  • 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: Jul. 18, 1949; "Eagle Sports Picture." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectShotton, Burt ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball managers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Grandparent and child -- 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: Managers: Shotton, Burt: II