About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_1031
  • Title[Jim Russell receiving certificate]
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers outfielder Jim Russell standing with man in suit before game at Ebbets Field; other players and stadium seats in background. Press release on verso: "Jim Russell, Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder, was rewarded with a 16-inch television set for slamming out the team's first home run at Ebbets Field. Presenting him with a certificate for the set is Al Stutt, co-owner of Harmonic Television Salon, Brooklyn store, which offered the prize to the first Dodger to hit a homer on the home grounds. Jim made Harmonic come through at the very first home game, when he slammed it out in the third inning."
  • Date[1950?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Awards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Businessmen -- 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
  • 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: Russell, Jim