About This Item

  • Call NumberDODG_0743
  • Title[Don Newcombe taking practice swing]
  • SummaryBrooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe taking practice swing before game at Ebbets Field; empty stadium seats and flag flying from roof in background.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 4 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: June 14, 1949. Retouched.
  • SubjectNewcombe, Don, 1926- ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; African American baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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: Newcombe, Don: General