| Title: | Gives penmanship exhibition |
| Description: | Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella and executive Branch Rickey posing together holding (not autographing) contract in unknown location. Caption: "Gives Penmanship Exhibition: Roy Campanella, popular Negro catcher, autographs his Dodger contract for 1950 as Branch Rickey looks on with great pleasure. Roy will get close to $15,000." |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 29, 1950; "Eagle Sports Picture." Grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [3]
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| Subject: |
Campanella, Roy, 1921-1993. [4] Rickey, Branch, 1881-1965. [5] Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [6] African American baseball players [7] Baseball team owners [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 0055 |