[Don Newcombe in clothing store]

[Don Newcombe in clothing store]
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Title: [Don Newcombe in clothing store]
Description:

One of two views (with DODG 0739) of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe in suit and bow tie as a clothing salesman in the off-season; 0745 shows Newcombe trying on fedora hat in mirror; store location unknown, possibly intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Fulton Street. Typed label on verso of 0739: "Don Newcombe, Dodger pitcher, discusses the game with his new between-seasons boss, S. D. Levy, president of Buddy Lee, well-known Brooklyn men's clothing store. Don will join Buddy Lee's sales staff when he returns from the Dodgers' barnstorming tour. His working hours at the store will be 4-9 P.M. daily."

Date: [ca. 1950].
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title supplied by cataloger.
On versos: photographer's stamp.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: Newcombe, Don, 1926-
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
African American baseball players
Sales personnel
Clothing trade
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: DODG 0745