Title: | Gilding the Leo |
Description: | Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher, in bath robe and pajamas, seated at table and gesturing with right arm. Caption: "Gilding the Leo: Dressed like an actor but talking like a big league manager, Leo Durocher of the Dodgers held press conference yesterday. Durocher greeted the scribes in baby blue pajamas and a multi-colored dressing gown that even overshadowed new Dodgers night game uniforms of jockey satin." |
Date: | [1946]. |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Feb. 27, 1944. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks. |
Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [3]
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Subject: |
Durocher, Leo, 1906-1991. [4] Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [5] Baseball managers [6] |
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 0634 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/6907dd4c782cbbf3599861d7bfc5ffab&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Brooklyn+Dodgers
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/d/Durocher, Leo, 1906-1991.
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Baseball managers