Save us, Preacher

Save us, Preacher
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Title: Save us, Preacher
Description:

Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Preacher Roe seen from the waist up and posing against empty sky, probably at the Dodgers spring training grounds in Florida. Caption on verso: "Save Us, Preacher: Manager Charley Dressen, who has called on Preacher Roe in some pretty tight spots before, is counting heavily on the Arkansas cornstalk to get the Dodgers off on the right foot in the three-game series which opened in Boston today."'

Date: 1952
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Title from caption on verso.
On verso: date stamped: Sep. 19, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: Roe, Preacher, 1916-2008.
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 1004