About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0498
  • TitleHe'll be back
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges, with six baseball bats and duffel bag over shoulder, turning to look back at camera. Caption: "He'll Be Back: Gil Hodges, Dodger first sacker, leaves clubhouse with his bag and a load of bats. Hodges will barnstorm with Jackie Robinson in the South."
  • Date1953
  • 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: Oct. 7, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHodges, Gil, 1924-1972 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Baseball players -- 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: Hodges, Gil : Portraits