Title: | Geo-baseball |
Description: | Young man pointing to Mexico on globe atop crowded desk in office; sign on wall next to him reads "5th Annual International Baseball Classic / Brooklyn Against the World / Brooklyn Eagle All Stars Vs. Montreal All Stars . . . " Caption on verso: "Geo-Baseball: Even ardent Brooklynites thought the Dodgers and the Eagle had a lot of crust to challenge the world to a sandlot baseball series in 1946 . . . At the right, Frank Graham Jr. executive secretary of the [Brooklyn Amateur Baseball] Foundation, spins a globe and points to Montreal [sic], where the 1950 series will be concluded Aug. 18 and 19." |
Date: | 1950 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jul. 30, 1950. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [3]
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Subject: |
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Employees. [4] Sports promoters [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 1037 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/03585eed5f8344b7e8299b0ae70e774b&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Brooklyn+Dodgers
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Employees.
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Sports promoters