About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0574
  • TitleJoe Landrum
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0573), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Joe Landrum; 0573 shows half-length view of Landrum against neutral background; 0574 shows Landrum leaning forward with arms resting on raised leg, probably in dugout. Caption on 0573: "Joseph Butler Landrum Jr. . . . a rah-rah boy fresh off the campus of Clemson College with the fuzz still fresh on his cheeks . . . All of 20, he is principally a product of collegiate wars . . . broke into the play-for-pay ranks in '47 with Thomasville as an 18-year-old after making good as a pitcher for his Alma Mater . . . ".
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0573. On verso of 0573: date stamped: Mar. 23, 1949. Retouched ; 0573 with 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: Dodgers: Landrum, Joe