SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella on hospital bed, holding up wrist to attending nurse. Caption: "Campy Set for Operation: Nurse Sylvia Gagliano examines wrist and palm of Dodger catcher Roy Campanella in Long Island College Hospital, where he'll have chipped bone removed from wrist. Operation will be performed tomorrow by Dr. Herbert Fett . . . ".
NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 4, 1954; "Eagle Photo by Senko"; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
SubjectCampanella, Roy, 1921-1993 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Long Island College Hospital ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- New York (State) -- New York
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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