[Jim Russell receiving certificate]

[Jim Russell receiving certificate]
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Title: [Jim Russell receiving certificate]
Description:

Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Jim Russell standing with man in suit before game at Ebbets Field; other players and stadium seats in background. Press release on verso: "Jim Russell, Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder, was rewarded with a 16-inch television set for slamming out the team's first home run at Ebbets Field. Presenting him with a certificate for the set is Al Stutt, co-owner of Harmonic Television Salon, Brooklyn store, which offered the prize to the first Dodger to hit a homer on the home grounds. Jim made Harmonic come through at the very first home game, when he slammed it out in the third inning."

Date: [1950?]
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title supplied by cataloger.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.)
Baseball players
Awards
Businessmen
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 1031