![[Jackie Robinson and Ruby Dee]](../../external.gif?link=http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/4ce2eb2b579f873e434ede930dcf18a4&ext=.jpg)
| Title: | [Jackie Robinson and Ruby Dee] |
| Description: | Publicity still for "The Jackie Robinson Story" showing close-up of Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson and Rudy Dee. Caption on verso: "Jackie Robinson plays himself and Ruby Dee plays the girl he marries in 'The Jackie Robinson Story,' which arrives at the Astor Theater for a gala benefit premiere on Tuesday evening. All proceeds to to Youth United, child welfare organization. Regular showings of the film start at the Astor on Wednesday." |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: May 14, 1950. Title supplied by cataloger. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [3]
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| Subject: |
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972. [4] Dee, Ruby. [5] Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [6] African American baseball players [7] African American actresses [8] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. Film stills. |
| 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 0965 |