| Title: | Ready to sign |
| Description: | Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe (in Dodgers jersey) posing with Dodgers pitcher Billy Loes (in street clothes); Loes holding baseball numbered "54"; location unknown. Caption: "Ready to Sign: Don Newcombe, ace Dodger hurler who receives his Army discharge shortly, is ready to sign his contract with Brooklyn. Big Newk is shown with Billy Loes, who is expected to sign soon." |
| Date: | 1954 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 29, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [3]
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| Subject: |
Newcombe, Don, 1926- [4] Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [5] African American baseball players [6] Baseball players [7] |
| 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 0737 |