Jackie and Jr.
Unknown American, American
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)
Label
Jackie Robinson became a father just five months before he made national history by bringing an end to segregation in Major League Baseball. Here, he is pictured at a game with his son, Jackie Jr., who wears a matching Brooklyn Dodgers cap and looks up in admiration. Due to his outstanding athleticism and his enduring commitment to fighting racism during the civil rights movement, Robinson remains a role model for generations of youth. What other ways do athletes transcend their role on the field?
From the 2026 exhibition Nurturing Nationhood: Artistic Constructions of America, 1790-1940, curated by Haely Chang (Jane and Raphael Bernstein Associate Curator of East Asian Art), Evonne Fuselier (Hood Museum Board of Advisors Mutual Learning Fellow), Michael Hartman (former Jonathan Little Cohen Curator of American Art), Elizabeth Rice Mattison (Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programming and Curator of European Art), and Ashley B. Offill (Curator of Collections)
Exhibition History
Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 2010.
Nurturing Nationhood: Artistic Constructions of America, 1790-1940, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; February 7-August 29, 2026.
Provenance
Lelands.com, Bohemia, New York; sold to present collection, 2010.
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