[Wilbert Robinson, manager, Brooklyn NL (baseball)] (LOC)

    Bain News Service,, publisher.

    [Wilbert Robinson, manager, Brooklyn NL (baseball)]

    [1914]

    1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

    Notes:
     Original data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: Robinson, Dodgers.
    Corrected title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006.
    Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

    Format: Glass negatives.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

    Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.18833

    Call Number: LC-B2- 3440-4

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      alebong77 added this photo to his favorites. (5 months ago)

    2. artolog (5 months ago | reply)

      Star catcher with a 16 year career, but probably best known as "Uncle Robbie", the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1914 to 1931. According to Wikipedia, the team's knickname, "the Robins", was a reference to Robinson. Joined the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbert_Robinson
      baseballhall.org/hof/robinson-wilbert

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