Jackie and Jr.

Unknown American, American

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1955

Gelatin silver print

Image: 6 5/8 × 8 7/16 in. (16.9 × 21.5 cm)

Sheet: 7 1/16 × 8 15/16 in. (18 × 22.7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through gifts from Drewry Logan in memory of Phil Langan, Michael Ransmeier in memory of Uta Langan, and from William S. Clark, Class of 1942

2010.1.4

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Stamped center right: UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS. Brown paper label center: NXP 0915104.NEW YORK BUREAU, FACING THE FUTURE, NEW YORK:--AMID SPECULATION THAT HE MAY SOON RETIRE FROM BASEBALL, BROOKLYN'S JACKIE ROBINSON SEEMS TO BE PONDERING HIS FUTURE IN THIS STUDY MADE AT EBBET'S FIELD RECENTLY. TRYING TO READ WHAT'S IN HIS DAD'S MEDITATIVE FACE IS YOUNG JACKIE ROBINSON, JR. NX-1-2-3-4 SPTS MX CUN HAP CREDIT )(UNITED PRESS PHOTO) 9-15-55 (JB)

Exhibition History

Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 2010.

Provenance

Lelands.com, Bohemia, New York; sold to present collection, 2010.

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