| Title: | Ball player honored |
| Description: | Brooklyn Dodgers Jackie Robinson receiving a Bible and a framed testimonial from three men (two white and one black). Caption on verso: "Ball Player Honored: Jackie Robinson, Dodger infielder, is shown receiving the citation and Bible with which he was presented at the annual dinner of the Brooklyn Division of the Protestant Council for outstanding 'Christian citizienship.' Left to right: Jackie, the Rev. Dr. John Emerson Zeiter, new division president; former Justice Edward A. Richards, president of the East New York Savings Bank, who made the presentation, and the Rev. Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, retiring president of the division." |
| Date: | 1953 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Jan. 31, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [3]
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| Subject: |
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972. [4] Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [5] African American baseball players [6] Protestant men [7] Award presentations [8] |
| 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 0964 |