Dodger owners

Dodger owners
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Title: Dodger owners
Description:

Brooklyn Dodgers president Walter O'Malley clasping hands with woman in fur stole and peaked hat. Caption: "Dodger Owners: Walter F. O'Malley and Mrs. John F. Smith [i.e. Mrs. John L. Smith] strike a happy pose after announcing yesterday that they have purchased Branch Rickey's 25 percent share of the Dodgers. They now own 75 percent of the Dodger stock. Rickey is almost certain to get his walking papers tomorrow at a meeting of the directors."

Date: 1950
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Title from caption on verso of 0804.
On verso of 0804: date stamped: Oct. 25, 1950; "Eagle Sports Picture."
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: O'Malley, Walter F. (Walter Frank), 1903-1979.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Baseball team owners
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 0805