Gives penmanship exhibition

Gives penmanship exhibition
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Title: Gives penmanship exhibition
Description:

Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella and executive Branch Rickey posing together holding (not autographing) contract in unknown location. Caption: "Gives Penmanship Exhibition: Roy Campanella, popular Negro catcher, autographs his Dodger contract for 1950 as Branch Rickey looks on with great pleasure. Roy will get close to $15,000."

Date: 1950
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Title from caption on verso.
On verso: date stamped: Jan. 29, 1950; "Eagle Sports Picture."
Grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: Campanella, Roy, 1921-1993.
Rickey, Branch, 1881-1965.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
African American baseball players
Baseball team owners
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 0055