[Red Barber receiving award]
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| Title: | [Red Barber receiving award] |
| Description: | Brooklyn Dodgers radio announcer Red Barber receiving Jewish War Veterans Award for entertaining 4,000 soldiers, sailors, marines, and hospitalized veterans at Ebbets Field on August 26, 1953; Barber smiling as he receives plaque in unmarked interior; location unknown. Typed label on verso: "Pictured above left to right is Kings County Jewish War Veteran Commander Jerry Cohen; Red Barber; Center, Sidney Laxmeter, Jewish War Veteran Chairman for the event; Gen[eral Withers] Buress; and extreme right, Mrs. Rose Schwager, Kings County Jewish War Veterans Ladies Auxilliary." |
| Date: | [1953?] |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| More Details: |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers
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| Subject: |
Barber, Red, 1908-1992. Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) Sportscasters Jewish veterans Award presentations |
| 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 0911 |
