About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0131
  • TitleMervin Dornburg
  • SummaryHalf-length portrait against neutral background of Brooklyn Dodgers farm team catcher Mervin Dornburg in uniform. Caption: "Mervin Dornburg . . . whose middle handle is Ian and whose forte is sock . . . After an indifferent year with Thomasville in '46 -- he hit .237 in 33 games then -- he was transferred to Greenwood where he came into his own . . . ".
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 22, 1949. Retouched ; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- 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: Dornburg, Mervin