Russell Rose

Russell Rose
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Title: Russell Rose
Description:

Half-length portrait against neutral background of Brooklyn Dodgers farm team shortstop Russell Rose in uniform. Caption: "Russell Rose . . . and a rose by no other name would smell so sweet to the hard-boiled overseers of the Dodger plantations . . . Took this 21-year-old exactly two seasons in minor-league ball to be rated the best shortstop in his league . . . "

Date: 1949
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title from caption on verso.
On verso: date stamped: Apr. 3, 1949.
Retouched.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Baseball players
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 1024