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| Title: | [Don Newcombe in pitching pose] |
| Description: | Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe, apparently looking towards home plate before or after throw and wearing uniform of minor league Nashua Dodgers. Caption on verso: "Don Newcombe: Eagles, Dodger scouts reported him ripe for the big time. On the basis of his fine conditioning in South America and Panama, he got off to a breezy start with Nashua. Showing speed, a fine assortment of curves and a change of pace, he equalled his mark of .778 made the previous season with 14 victories and four setbacks." |
| Date: | 1947 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| More Details: |
Title supplied by cataloger. On verso: dates stamped: Jan. 23, 1947. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Brooklyn Dodgers [3]
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| Subject: |
Newcombe, Don, 1926- [4] Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) [5] African American baseball players [6] |
| 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 0752 |