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[Jackie Robinson taking practice swing]

[Jackie Robinson taking practice swing]
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Title: [Jackie Robinson taking practice swing]
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Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson taking practice swing on field bordered by trees in distant background; location unknown, possibly the Dodgers spring training grounds in Florida.
Date: [ca. 1947].
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2]
Florida. [3]
More Details: Title supplied by cataloger.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers [4]
Subject: Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972. [5]
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [6]
African American baseball players [7]
Spring training [8]
Batting (Baseball) [9]
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 0404
 
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[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Florida.
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Brooklyn+Dodgers
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/r/Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/a/African American baseball players
[8] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Spring training
[9] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Batting (Baseball)