[Don Newcombe in pitching pose]

[Don Newcombe in pitching pose]
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Title: [Don Newcombe in pitching pose]
Description:

Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe, apparently looking towards home plate before or after throw and wearing uniform of minor league Nashua Dodgers. Caption on verso: "Don Newcombe: Eagles, Dodger scouts reported him ripe for the big time. On the basis of his fine conditioning in South America and Panama, he got off to a breezy start with Nashua. Showing speed, a fine assortment of curves and a change of pace, he equalled his mark of .778 made the previous season with 14 victories and four setbacks."

Date: 1947
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title supplied by cataloger.
On verso: dates stamped: Jan. 23, 1947.
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: Newcombe, Don, 1926-
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
African American baseball players
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 0752