Pirate player at the Pittsburgh-Baltimore exhibition game chatting with general manager Branch Rickey

Title

• Pirate player at the Pittsburgh-Baltimore exhibition game chatting with general manager Branch Rickey

Image Number

• PR00655

Year

• 1955

Date Note

• Photographed in April 1955.

Series Title

• General: Print collections

General Note

• This is Wolfson Park in Jacksonville, Florida. The park (which was home to a AA Minor League team, the Jacksonville Suns) opened in 1955- therefore this was one of the first played at the park. The last game was played there in September 2002 before the park was torn down. The two Major league teams pictured here are the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Baltimore Orioles.



General Note

• Mr. Rickey was responsible for getting Jackie Robinson signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945.

Additional Corporate Creator

• Jacksonville Journal (Firm)

Physical Description

• 1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

Subject Term

• Baseball players
• Athletes
• Baseball uniforms
• Baseball managers
• Sports uniforms

Personal Subject

• Rickey, Branch, 1881-1965.

Subject Corporate

• Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team)

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