Brooklyn Dodgers Photo & Audiovisual

[VIBaseball]

I am going to see if I can find a picture of the '55 Dodgers quilt that this article references. I bet it's a nice item:


http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/new...D?OpenDocument

[penncentralpete]

http://www.baseballsportsmemorabiliaauction.com/

[penncentralpete]

bb quilt.jpgHere is a non-Dodger quilt in black-and-white.............................

[penncentralpete]

Here's the quilt in color. This is the artist's niece and grandkids..............bb quilt color.jpg

[penncentralpete]

Here's the Dodger 1955 quilt.Dodger Quilt.jpg

[crzblue]

Here's the Dodger 1955 quilt.Dodger Quilt.jpg

All I can say is OMG! That is beautiful! Wish I could sew!

[VIBaseball]

A CD of Red Barber from 1935, when he was employed by the Reds, is apparently now available:

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/...-world-series/

I've only had the chance to hear a couple of clips of the mellifluous Ol' Redhead. Wish I could have heard a whole game.

[TheHopToad]

Didn't see this posted elsewhere. LIFE released some rare, never-seen photos from the 1955 World Series:

http://www.life.com/image/ugc1138021...are-never-seen

[penncentralpete]

Wonderful photos, but they've been posted for years at BDM.

[VIBaseball]

The Brooklyn Historical Society has been running a film series on the Dodgers. This Saturday's offering is The Life of Jackie Robinson, with Jackie as himself and co-star Ruby Dee as Rachel.

http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/26869

[VIBaseball]

Judas Priest! From The Natural to The Mahatma? Talk that Robert Redford will play Branch Rickey in a potential movie project:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movi...s-redford.html

[VIBaseball]

This one's for penncentralpete, though I wouldn't be at all surprised if he's aware of it already. If he had the disposable income, he'd probably be the one who commissioned it!

http://www.canada.com/sports/basebal...789/story.html

[penncentralpete]

Oh baby!! Now that's a WOW!

[VIBaseball]

Newly released series of 25 LIFE photos (not previously published in the magazine). The scene: Dodgertown in Vero Beach, 1948.

#4 features a 21-year-old Carl Erskine. #21 shows an 18-year-old Dick Williams.
Among other notable names: Pepper Martin (coaching), Branch Rickey, and Freasco Thompson.

http://life.time.com/culture/life-wi...085605&timeOut

[VIBaseball]

From May 17 through May 19, in Manhattan, there will be a historical presentation of many postcards featuring the Brooklyn Dodgers and their ballparks:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/w...FqUTomjM6BU5vK