Hail and farewell

Hail and farewell
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Title: Hail and farewell
Description:

Brooklyn Dodgers manager Burt Shotton, in Dodgers cap and warm-up jacket, sitting on bench in dugout between two men wearing "Israel" warm-up jackets; Shotton and man on left shaking hands; graffitti on wall behind them. Typed label: "Hail and Farewell: Dodger Manager Burt Shotton (center) shakes hands with Abraham Bendersky and welcomes him to Ebbets Field after the Dodgers prepared to leave. Bendersky is a goalie with the Israel National Soccer Team which takes over Ebbets Field for a game, Oct. 17 with the American All-Stars. Bendersky's teammate Meier Arom, also a goalie is at right. Proceeds of the game go to the Junior Division of the United Jewish Appeal for widows and children of Irsrael Army fighters."

Date: [ca.1949].
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Sharp, Jay.
More Details: Title from typed label on verso.
On verso: photographer's stamp.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: Shotton, Burt.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.)
Baseball managers
Soccer players
Israelis
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 0653