Historic cartoon

Historic cartoon
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Title: Historic cartoon
Description:

Man in suit standing next to open window and posing with framed cartoon of Brooklyn Dodgers player wearing crown and saying, 'How does it look, kid?' Caption: "Historic Cartoon: Borough Historian James A. Kelly is shown holding cartoon drawn by J. F. Meehan of the Brooklyn Eagle for the cover of the menu at the Dodger Knot-Hole Dinner on April 18. The prophecy, showing the Dodgers wearing the 1949 pennant crown, was signed by Branch Rickey and the entire team and placed in Brooklyn's Historic Archives."

Date: 1949
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Title from caption on verso.
On verso: date stamped: Oct. 4, 1949; "Eagle staff photo."
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Caricatures and cartoons
Middle-aged men
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 0547