Title: | Lucky (time) piece |
Description: | Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Preacher Roe sitting on bench in locker room of Ebbets Field and holding wristwatch in case before him; jerseys hanging from lockers in background. Typed press release on verso: "Lucky (Time) Piece: Just before the battle -- Preacher Roe examines the unique left-handed wristwatch specially made for him and presented for this day of days by the Illinois Division of Hamilton Watch Company . . . " |
Date: | [ca. 1950]. |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
Creator: | Kaufman, Irving. |
More Details: |
Title from typed press release on verso. On verso: photographer's stamp. |
Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [4]
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Subject: |
Roe, Preacher, 1916-2008. [5] Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [6] Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) [7] Baseball players [8] Wrist watches [9] Locker rooms [10] |
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 1006 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/b7c5bf1bb4faa52bdd6a94a4688ccb41&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Crown+Heights+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Brooklyn+Dodgers
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/r/Roe, Preacher, 1916-2008.
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/e/Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.)
[8] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Baseball players
[9] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/w/Wrist watches
[10] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/l/Locker rooms