Object Details
Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Jackie Robinson, American, 1919 - 1972
Roy Campanella, American, 1921 - 1993
Pee Wee Reese, American, 1918 - 1999
Duke Snider, American, 1926 - 2011
Preacher Roe, American, 1916 - 2008
Gilbert "Gil" Ray Hodges, American, 1924 - 1972
Carl Anthony Furillo, American, 1922 - 1989
Los Angeles Dodgers, American, founded 1883
Description
Black and white photograph of Jackie Robinson with teammates of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Seven men total, standing with one leg out of the dug out (man on left has his PR leg out of the dug out with no glove on, while the other six men on the right have their PL leg out of the dugout and gloves on their PL hands, resting on their knees. From left to right: Carl Furillo, Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, Preacher Roe, Gil Hodges. Their uniforms are all white, with Dodgers written diagonally across the front with their numbers in the bottom right corner of the jersey. Each individual is wearing a baseball cap with a "B" on the front of the crown. There is a handwritten note, in blue ink, across Jackie Robinson's (second from left) chest, reading "Jackie/ Robinson/ at/ Ebbets/ Field/ in (illegible)/M J." On the reverse, also in blue ink, in the bottom right hand corner, reads "Jackie Robinson & "Compy" Brooklyn Dodger/1948?"
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gifted with pride from Ellen Brooks
Date
1955
Object number
2014.167.5
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 11 1/16 × 14 in. (28.1 × 35.6 cm)
Place depicted
New York City, Brooklyn County, New York, United States, North and Central America
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Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Athletes
Baseball
Men
Race relations
Sports
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.167.5