Photograph of Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella with Brooklyn Dodger teammates

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

1955

Place depicted: New York City, Brooklyn County, New York, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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