About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_1025
  • TitleJohn Pierre Roy
  • SummaryHalf-length portrait against neutral background of Brooklyn Dodgers farm team pitcher Jack Elkins (who later pitched three games for the Dodgers) in uniform. Caption: "John Pierre Roy . . . the colorful French-Canadian righty pitcher whose dossier in Montague St. is more eloquent for what it omits than what it says . . . For Jean flirted with the Mexican League in 1946 and only that dashing knight in shining armor, Branch Rickey, managed to rescue him from Jorge Pasquel's hook after Roy had deserted . . . ".
  • 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. 23, 1949. Retouched.
  • 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: Roy, Jean Pierre