![[Erv Palica at Camp Kilmer]](../../external.gif?link=http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/4c1b0fd42630f10a149eb9a6c49be654&ext=.jpg)
| Title: | [Erv Palica at Camp Kilmer] |
| Description: | Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Erv Palica in military uniform being fitted for boots as other recurits wait their turn. Typed label on verso: "Private Erv Palica, Lomita, Calif., ex-Brooklyn Dodger star hurler, gets measured for a pair of Army boots at the Camp Kilmer reception center. Palica, who was ordered into the active military service and reported to this post Monday, pitched 19 games for the pennant-bound Dodgers this year and ended with a season's record of two wins and six losses." |
| Date: | [1951]. |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] New Brunswick (N.J.) [3] |
| More Details: |
Title supplied by cataloger. "U.S. Army Photo"--typed label on verso. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [4]
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| Subject: |
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. [5] Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [6] Baseball players [7] Military training camps [8] Oaths [9] |
| 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 0868 |