About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0058
  • Title[Roy Campanella making play at home plate]
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella fielding throw as unidentified player for New York Yankees slides into home plate; home plate umpire about to make call; Yankee on-deck batter (no. 25, perhaps Hank Bauer) watching with back to camera. Date on verso probably incorrect, as Dodgers lost the pennant race in 1951.
  • Date[1951?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 6, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCampanella, Roy, 1921-1993 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; New York Yankees (Baseball team) ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Baseball umpires -- 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: Campanella, Roy: II