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."
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
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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