[Roy Campanella making play at home plate]

[Roy Campanella making play at home plate]
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Title: [Roy Campanella making play at home plate]
Description:

Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella fielding throw as unidentified player for New York Yankees slides into home plate; home plate umpire about to make call; Yankee on-deck batter (no. 25, perhaps Hank Bauer) watching with back to camera. Date on verso probably incorrect, as Dodgers lost the pennant race in 1951.

Date: 1951?]
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Title supplied by cataloger.
On verso: date stamped: Oct. 6, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
Grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: Campanella, Roy, 1921-1993.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
New York Yankees (Baseball team)
African American baseball players
Baseball players
Baseball umpires
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 0058