About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_1033
  • TitleHero
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers pitcher Johnny Rutherford seen from the waist up in shower, presumably at Ebbets Field. Caption on verso: "Hero: Johnny Rutherford smiles happily in shower after pitching Dodgers to pennant-clinching victory."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Sep. 24, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Showers (Plumbing fixtures) -- 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: Rutherford, Johnny