Brooklyn Dodgers Scrapbooks : scrapbooks, 1943-1950

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Brooklyn Dodgers Scrapbooks : scrapbooks, 1943-1950

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Dodgers' seasons of 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949 and 1950, including a World Series. Series of newspaper articles covering the seasons. Items of note include: Volume 1- an article by Jackie Robinson "Telling His Story" in baseball. Branch Rickey explains his reasons for leaving Brooklyn. Life Magazine cover of Jackie Robinson. Reprint of Norman Rockwell's "The Umpires". Saturday Evening Post article: "The Truth About The Jackie Robinson Case". Volume 3-a two-page article on Ben Chapman by Arthur Mann. Volume 4-an article dated October 24, 1945 titled, "Royals sign Jackie Robinson, First Negro in Organized Ball".

scrapbook v. 1 1 scrapbook (384mm x 320mm x 64mm)scrapbook v. 2 1 scrapbook (370mm x 312mm x 43mm)scrapbook v. 3 1 scrapbook (371mm x 312mm x 33mm)scrapbook v. 4 1 scrapbook (370mm x 313mm x 35mm)

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