| 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.) [2] Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Sharp, Jay. |
| More Details: |
Title from typed label on verso. On verso: photographer's stamp. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [4]
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| Subject: |
Shotton, Burt. [5] Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [6] Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) [7] Baseball managers [8] Soccer players [9] Israelis [10] |
| 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 |