| Title: | Down Mexico way |
| Description: | Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Luis Olmo leaning on bat and looking into camera; background obscured by retouching. Caption: "Down Mexico Way: Luis Olmo has signed a three year contract with the Mexican Baseball League, according to reports in Puerto Rico, where Ernest Carmona, league magnate, has been negotiating the deal for more than a week. Olmo, hard-hitting Dodger outfielder who batted .313 in 141 games, will receive between $13,000 and $14,000. Luis claims the Dodgers, with whom he has played three years, offered him a contract for $7,500." |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 18, 1946. Retouched. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [3]
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| Subject: |
Olmo, Luis, 1919- [4] Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [5] Baseball players [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 0848 |