SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0745), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe in suit and bow tie as a clothing salesman in the off-season; 0739 shows Newcombe holding baseball and conversing with other salesman in bow tie; 0745 shows Newcombe trying on fedora hat in mirror; store location unknown, possibly intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Fulton Street. Typed label on verso of 0739: "Don Newcombe, Dodger pitcher, discusses the game with his new between-seasons boss, S. D. Levy, president of Buddy Lee, well-known Brooklyn men's clothing store. Don will join Buddy Lee's sales staff when he returns from the Dodgers' barnstorming tour. His working hours at the store will be 4-9 P.M. daily."
SubjectNewcombe, Don, 1926- ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sales personnel -- New York (State) -- New York ; Clothing trade -- New York (State) -- New York
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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