About This Item


  • Call NumberDODG_0068
  • TitleDodgers' brain trust
  • SummaryThree men in suits, one holding cigarette, one holding baseball bat, sitting together casually in office; framed photographs of baseball teams on wall at left. Caption: "Dodgers' Brain Trust: Three 'cuties' who will assist Manager Leo Durocher as coaches this season and who hope to be of assistance in gaining the National League championship for the Flatbushers. They are, left to right, Clyde Sukerforth, Ray Blades, who piloted St. Paul last year, and Jake Pitler."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 5, 1947; "Eagle Sports Picture." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball coaches -- 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: Coaches: General