[Preacher Roe examining bat]

[Preacher Roe examining bat]
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Title: [Preacher Roe examining bat]
Description:

Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Preacher Roe standing in dugout before game at Ebbets Field and examining bat; empty stadium seats behind him. Inscription on verso: "Preacher Roe has new designed bat made by Anyx Mfg. Co. of West Plains Mo. Bat is made for pitchers, has light end, and is shaped like a Coca-Cola bottle."

Date: 1953
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title supplied by cataloger.
On verso: date inscribed: 1953.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: Roe, Preacher, 1916-2008.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.)
Baseball bats
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 0995