| Title: | John Pierre Roy |
| Description: | Half-length portrait against neutral background of Brooklyn Dodgers farm team pitcher Jack Elkins (who later pitched three games for the Dodgers) in uniform. Caption: "John Pierre Roy . . . the colorful French-Canadian righty pitcher whose dossier in Montague St. is more eloquent for what it omits than what it says . . . For Jean flirted with the Mexican League in 1946 and only that dashing knight in shining armor, Branch Rickey, managed to rescue him from Jorge Pasquel's hook after Roy had deserted . . . " |
| Date: | 1949 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 23, 1949. Retouched. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [3]
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| Subject: |
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [4] Baseball players [5] |
| 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 1025 |