About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0637
  • Title[Wilbert Robinson with wife and others]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0638), some of which may also be described in this new record; Brooklyn Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson posing with wife and others, presumably at Ebbets Field; 0638 (7 x 9 in.) shows Robinson standing with his wife (left) and another, younger couple at right, one of whom wears a Dodgers uniform and leans on a bat; both ladies wearing furs and hats; a few spectators in the mostly empty seats behind them; 0637 (10 x 8 in.) cropped to eliminate couple on right and retouched to eliminate stadium seats in background, thus showing only Robinson and wife against neutral background; "International" inscribed at bottom of recto on both images.
  • Date1920
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso of 0638: date inscribed: Sept. 16/20. Retouched.
  • SubjectRobinson, Wilbert, 1863-1934 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball managers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball players -- 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
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Sports: Baseball: Dodgers: Managers: Robinson, Wilbert