About This Item

  • Title[Don Newcombe at home]
  • Call NumberDODG_0725
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DODG 0730, DODG 0728, DODG 0729, DODG 0724, DODG 0726, DODG 0727, DODG 0736, DODG 0735, DODG 0734, DODG 0733, DODG 0732, DODG 0731), some of which may also be described in this new record; Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe in a series of images showing his home life in Colonia, New Jersey, with his wife Freddie; 0724 (10 x 8 in.) shows Freddie standing at side of bed with sauce pan, apparently waking Newcombe in the morning; 0725 (8 x 7 in.) identical to 0724, but with retouching and smaller dimensions; 0726 (10 x 8 in.) shows Newcombe sitting up in bed stretching; 0727 (10 x 8 in.) shows Newcombe and Freddie waving to camera from the top of their stoop; 0728 (8 x 7 in., with 6 x 4 in. portion missing from lower left) shows Newcombe on sofa, adusting radio and holding baseball magazine; 0729 (8 x 4 in.) shows Newcombe raking leaves on lawn; 0730 (6 x 4 in.) shows Newcombe apparently disposing of object at incinerator; 0731 (10 x 8 in.) shows Newcombe and Freddie standing together against bureau and floral wallpaper; 0732 (10 x 8 in.) shows Newcombe mowing lawn, with neighboring house in background; 0733 (10 x 8 in.) shows Newcombe shaving before bathroom mirror; 0734 (10 x 8 in.) shows Newcombe with hammer, in process of hanging mirror on wall; 0735 (8 x 7 in.) shows Freddie (with apron) and Newcombe in kitchen, with Newcombe about to sample sauce from spoon held by Freddie; 0736 (9 x 7 in.) shows same scene as 0735 but Freddie without apron.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description13 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On versos of 0725, 0729, and 0735: date inscribed or stamped: Sep. 12, 1949. 0725, 0728, 0729, and 0735 retouched.
  • SubjectNewcombe, Don, 1926- -- Family ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; African American baseball players -- New Jersey -- Colonia ; Married people -- New Jersey -- Colonia
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceNew Jersey
  • 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.