John Le Gros

John Le Gros
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Title: John Le Gros
Description:

Half-length portrait against neutral background of Brooklyn Dodgers farm team infielder John Le Gros (or LeGros) in uniform. Caption: "John Le Gros . . . who proved the Dodgers don't always pick 'em off the bushes in full bloom . . . In John's case, he was snatched up last year after the Phils had weighed him in the Terre Haute Club balance and found him wanting . . . But when he arrived at Greenwood in May, soon after being severed from the Phils, he clouted .337 in 69 games . . . "

Date: 1949
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title from caption on verso.
On verso: date stamped: Mar. 22, 1949.
Retouched ; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
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 0579